Category: Green Building LEED News

  • AMP Solar hires new CFO to prep for U.S. launch

    Ontario-based AMP Solar Group Inc. just brought aboard Phil Henson as Chief Financial Officer. An integral part of AMP Solar’s global senior leadership team, Henson will oversee all project finance initiatives, in addition to leading corporate finance and accounting operations at the firm. Henson joins AMP Solar from AES DistributedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts General Hospital installs 467-kW rooftop solar array

    J.M. Electrical Company, Inc., premier professionals in advanced automated building system installations, and solar developer 621 Energy  completed a 476-kW solar PV energy system installation that will power the Massachusetts General Hospital research and parking facility located in Charlestown, Mass. The rooftop PV system was designed by 621 Energy and isRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out the off-grid solar-plus-storage system at the Taft Botanical Gardens

    SimpliPhi Power and California Solar Electric completed the second phase of an off-grid solar-plus-storage installation at the Taft Botanical Gardens in Ojai, Calif., which are part of an eco resort owned by the non-profit Conservation Endowment Fund. The second phase of the installation included an additional eight PHI2.6 kWh batteriesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tabuchi Electric opens new hub in U.S. to expand solar-plus-storage

    Tabuchi Electric, a well known Japan-based solar-plus-storage manufacturer, announced the opening of its expanded office, training and testing facility in San Jose, Calif. Tabuchi Electric’s 41,493-sq-ft space will be the hub for development and sales of the company’s solar-plus-storage and inverter technologies designed to help U.S. homeowners cut electricity costsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Water Contamination Widespread in the US

    Any river or stream that winds through farm country suffers pollution to the point of death.