Author: LEED Blogger
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Tiny Apartment Made More Spacious With a Clever Loft
Small apartments can quickly feel very cramped, but good design and some out of the box thinking can go a long way to fixing that. A great example of just how well is this Taipei, Taiwan apartment. Originally little more than a room, it was transformed into an open, cozy home for two by the…
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Case study: New solar, storage-powered air conditioning unit installed in Hawaii school
Students at Hawaii’s Waialua High and Intermediate, on the island of O’ahu, are returning to school this year to solar PV and energy storage-powered air conditioned classrooms from project partners SimpliPhi Power, Ameresco Solar and Haleakala Solar. As part of the statewide Heat Abatement Program, schools in Hawaii can receiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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RGS Energy now offering Sonnen battery storage options
RGS Energy and Sonnen, Inc., say they are immediately offering U.S. manufactured battery storage options to U.S. residential solar customers. “We believe battery storage provides great value for our residential solar customers,” said Chris Gorski, RGS Energy’s director of Special Projects. “We chose Sonnen because of the safety, stability andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Save U.S. manufacturing? 26 solar manufacturers sign letter opposing trade tariffs
Twenty-six American solar manufacturers united in an open letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) urging the agency to oppose tariffs that they say would endanger American manufacturing jobs and U.S. competitiveness. The letter follows the ITC’s first public hearing on the petition on August 15, where hundreds ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Floating Micro Cabin
I don’t know about you, but living in a floating home has always appealed to me. And this floating tiny cabin prototype recently built by the Russian firm BIO Architects would fit the bill perfectly. They are calling it DD16 and it is designed for use in harsh climates, while it also operates off-the-grid. The…