Category: Green Building LEED News
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Report Exposes Companies That Dumped 206 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Into U.S. Waterways
Environment America’s report also reveals the top 10 states for toxic dumping…
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Renewable Energy Provides 88% of New U.S. Electrical Capacity Last Month
According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, wind, solar, biomass and hydropower provided 88.2% of new installed U.S. electrical generating capacity for the month of May. Two new “units” of wind provided 203 MW, five units of solar providedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solectria Adds Three New Transformerless Residential Inverters to Product Line
Solectria Renewables LLC, a U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced the introduction of three new transformerless residential inverters, adding 5.2kW, 6.6kW and 7.6kW inverters to the existing product line. The complete series of transformerless residential inverters includes the PVI 3800TL (introduced in January 2014), PVI 5200TL, PVI 6600TL and PVI 7600TL.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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RGS Energy to Install 1 MW of Solar on New York City Apartments
RGS Energy has been selected by Georgetown Mews Owners Corp. to design and install 1 MW of solar power systems in Kew Garden Hills, a New York City neighborhood. The systems will be installed on the rooftops of a 60 acre residential cooperative, and is expected to offset 35% of the electricity costsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Boomers and Chronic Constipation: What’s Backing Up this Generation?
If you’re 50 or older and think that constipation isn’t a big deal, you ought to…