Category: Green Building LEED News
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Ooops! Estimates of California’s Natural Gas Off By 96%
The US Energy Information Administration wildly overestimated how much gas can be recovered by fracking in California.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Protects Forests Through REDD
The country will receive payments when it significantly reduces deforestation.
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Main Street Power Breaks Ground on 5-MW Solar Project in U.S. Virgin Islands
Main Street Power Company Inc. and the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on May 13 for a 5-MW solar project to be built on the island of St. Thomas. The solar project, engineered and built by System 3 Inc., will be the largest in theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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327-kW Rooftop Solar Install in NYC Completed by Ross Solar Group
The Ross Solar Group has completed another record setting rooftop solar installation in New York City — the largest single SunPower rooftop solar installation in the borough of Queens to date. The 327-kW system was designed and constructed for Ovation In Store Inc. in Maspeth, N.Y. Comprised of 1,000 high-efficiency SunPower solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Why New EPA Power Plant Rule Leaves Environmentalists ‘Beyond Disappointed’
The EPA made measures to protect aquatic animals from power plant cooling systems, but what about the water released by those facilities?…