Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Disgusting! Eye-Popping Coal Leases Planned on Public Lands

    After leasing public land that holds 2.2 billion tons of coal, the government plans to quintriple that.

  • California Families Get Free Solar Thanks to Cap-And-Trade

    10% of revenue supports projects like giving free solar systems to low income families; meanwhile, California chooses natural gas over renewables for a $2.2 billion project.

  • Mounting Tech Trends: Slimming Down on Parts, Problems, and Prices

    The story of solar mounting technology is a familiar one, in which original technology is slowly replaced by newer options that improve upon certain aspects of the original. Where the initial equipment was focused on establishing a viable product to build an industry, the next wave of trends works toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The PowerStore adds APS solar microinverter line

    APS microinverters will be distributed by The PowerStore, a top-tier solar wholesaler. The PowerStore offers a full line of renewable energy products including solar microinverters, modules, storage solutions and related equipment. The company is based in Alvarado, Texas, with an overseas office in Glasgow, UK, under the CCL Components Ltd.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Mounting Systems: MVPs of Industry Progress

    Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Solar Builder Mounting Guide. Within this year’s guide, we look at all of the advancements in mounting technology currently driving the industry forward and what additional trends are on the horizon; we discuss the effects of severe weather and what you can doRead More — Solar Builder magazine