Category: Green Building LEED News
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Maine school turns to solar for power and science education
Education and sustainability go hand-in-hand, as one of our Project of the Winners from 2015 can testify. The Middle School of the Kennebunks in southern Maine believes this as well, recently installing a 6-kW solar system from AllEarth Renewables. This will help offset the electrical bills of Kennebunks public middle school,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Existing carport retrofitted with MiaSole FLEX solar modules
MiaSolé recently installed its FLEX-02 solar modules over an existing carport, built by Baja Construction, at the Oakley Executive RV and Boat Storage facility. This project was designed to highlight the efficacy of MiaSolé FLEX solar modules for retrofitting existing carports built with industry standard 7.2 trapezoid corrugated metal panelsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Grid-scale storage BOS costs to decline 41 percent by 2020
These days, grid-scale energy storage balance of system (BOS) costs average $670 per kilowatt. These costs include hardware like inverters and containers, soft costs like customer acquisition and interconnection, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) expenses. According to the latest report from GTM Research, Grid-Scale Energy Storage Balance of SystemsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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TXU Energy launches 100 percent Texas Solar Electricity Plan
Bringing yet another innovative option to Texas electricity consumers, TXU Energy has announced TXU Energy Solar Advantage, the market’s first electricity plan that’s 100 percent backed by solar power generated in Texas. The plan comes on the heels of the company’s new, high-efficiency solar rooftop offer, and it further expandsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Momentum Finally Builds to Resolve Climate Change By Restoring Our Soil
Amazingly, we could compensate for all the emissions by improving the world’s soil by 0.4% a year.