Category: Green Building LEED News

  • No Need For Climate Research, Says GOP

    Republicans found something to cut from the 2016 budget – climate research at our defense agencies.

  • Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide stalled in 2014

    IEA data points to emissions decoupling from economic growth for the first time in 40 years Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a haltRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SEIA’s U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review

    North Carolina Leads South, 2nd in Nation in New Solar Installations Proving that effective, forward-looking public policies can provide a big boost to a state’s economy, North Carolina had the second most new solar capacity added last year in the United States, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market InsightRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Leads RFPs for Utilities in 2014

    Western states dominate 2014 clean energy requests for proposals NEW YORK – A new shows that utility companies in North America zeroed in on two sectors last year: advanced energy storage and solar. Analysts with Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracked 52 clean energy requests for proposals in 2014 and found thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Exosun Commissions Solar Trackers in Lone Valley

    The company’s first project in the U.S. included local manufacturing of Exotrack HZ trackers SAN FRANCISCO – Exosun, a leading provider of solar tracking technologies and associated plant engineering services, has commissioned its solar trackers to the Lone Valley Solar Park in the western Mojave Desert in California. This 30Read More — Solar Builder magazine