Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Rule 21 compliance: SolarEdge advanced inverters meet UL 1741 draft requirements

    SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announces that Intertek confirmed that samples of SolarEdge inverters were the first it tested to meet the UL 1741 SA draft requirements to be smart inverters. SolarEdge single-phase smart inverters are Rule 21 ready and supportRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Replacing nuclear power with solar in Austria, with help from Fronius

    Fronius carried out a special project in Zwentendorf, Austria: a PV system has been installed on the site of a former nuclear power plant. Where once nuclear energy was to be produced, today clean, safe energy is generated from natural resources over an area of 3,700 square meters. The project reflectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Baker Electric Solar installs solar system at San Diego-based TargetCW

    Baker Electric Solar, a full-service solar provider, designed and installed a 65.52 kW rooftop solar system for contingent workforce services firm, TargetCW, which has a 25,000-sq-ft facility. The rooftop solar installation will produce roughly 45 percent of the company’s annual electricity needs and save the company more than $24,000 on itsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Boviet Solar, Spice Solar team up on solar installation vocational training

    Boviet Solar USA is collaborating with Spice Solar and the San Jose Conservation Corps and Charter School (SJCC&CS) to help train vocational students in solar system installation. Boviet Solar USA has donated three different types of solar panels to the SJCC, and Spice Solar is providing SJCC students with hands-onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • AEE to testify against solar-unfriendly Ohio energy bills

    Speaking as an Ohioian, Ohio’s energy decision-making is terrible, and its about to get worse according to national business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE). The group is even testifying before the Ohio State Senate Energy Committee today and then the House Public Utilities Committee tomorrow to oppose the two billsRead More — Solar Builder magazine