Category: Green Building LEED News
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Most States On Track For EPA Power Plan, But Poison Pills Are the Focus
The Clean Power Plan is expected to create about 360,000 jobs by 2020, but the GOP budget tries to prevent it from going forward, along with many other poison pills.
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26-Story Apartment Building Proves Viability of Passive House Standard
A beacon of Cornell’s commitment to sustainability, it will be largest passive house building in the world.
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Solectria adds experienced applications engineer
Solectria – A Yaskawa Company, and a U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced that Emily Hwang, Senior Applications Engineer, has joined Solectria’s west coast team. Hwang brings over 8 years of experience in the solar industry with various companies such as SMA, RefuSol, Wirsol Solar Americas, EmPower Solar and Arian Solar, working asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunPower starts work on 102-MW project in Kings County, Calif.
SunPower Corp. has started construction on the 102-MW (AC) Henrietta Solar Project in Kings County, Calif. The system will generate power for Pacific Gas and Electric’s customers under a long-term power purchase agreement. SunPower expects the plant to be operational by the end of 2016. “With more than 5.8 gigawattsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Little Uruguay Wants to Lead South America on Wind
Uruguay was the fastest growing wind market last year, and Brazil had its first solar auction.