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  • Green Building Initiative Acquires Global Rights to Green Globes

              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT GBI: Martha Silver, PR/Communications, 301-367-2388, Martha@TheGBI.org JLL: Joanne Bestall-Fry, VP of PR–Americas, 312-228-2344, Joanne.Bestall@am.jll.com G…

  • Green Building Initiative Acquires Global Rights to Green Globes

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 10, 2018MEDIA CONTACTGBI: Martha Silver, PR/Communications, 301-367-2388, Martha@TheGBI.org JLL: Joanne Bestall-Fry, VP of PR–Americas, 312-228-2344, Joanne.Bestall@am.jll.com Green Building Initiative Acquires Global Rights to Green GlobesAcquisition of Global Rights to Green Globes from JLL Allows GBI to Expand Operations to Canada and BeyondPortland, Ore.—The U.S.-based non-profit Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced earlier this…

  • HelioScope updates functionality within its PV project overlay tool

    HelioScope updated its program to provide its own enhanced overlay tool and is no longer compatible with SketchUp or dependent on KMZs. Users can upload any jpg, jpeg, or png via its new overlay tool (as well as still being able to upload KMZ and KML), which also makes it possibleRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Jersey ups renewable portfolio standard, chance to solidify solar jobs

    New Jersey has been one of the leading solar states in the country, and the state’s legislature looks to keep it that way, passing Senate Bill 2276 to raise the state’s solar energy goal. New Jersey’s solar market is at risk of coming to a halt in mid-2018 after the stateRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Mexico solar project to sell output at lowest PV per kWh price in U.S.

    Construction has commenced on a 3 MW solar project in New Mexico that will sell its output below 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, a price Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) believes is the lowest reported contract for distributed photovoltaic solar energy in the U.S. Otero County Electric Cooperative, Inc. (OCEC) will receiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine