Category: Green Building LEED News
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Borrego Solar to Install 3.3-MW Solar System on Roof of San Diego Int’l Airport
Borrego Solar Systems Inc., a leading designer, developer, installer and financier of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority today announced a partnership to develop a 3.3-MW solar system featuring solar panel arrays on the roof of the newly expanded Terminal 2 West at San Diego InternationalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Mitsubishi Electric PV Modules Power Mazda’s R&D Center in California
State-of-the-art Mitsubishi Electric photovoltaic (PV) modules are now powering cutting-edge automotive research and development at Mazda North America’s Research & Development facility in Irvine, Calif. Mitsubishi Electric US Inc., a diversified global electronics manufacturer, celebrating 40 years in the solar business, supplied Mazda with 1,222 PV modules for a 317-kW solar electricRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report Reveals High Risk, No Reward of Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion
A new report released today by the Sierra Club and a coalition of 13 other organizations, including the Indigenous Environmental Network, examines the proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline and concludes that there are significant threats to water, health and climate. The report, All Risk, No Reward: The Alberta Clipper Tar Sands…
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Elon Musk Tells ‘60 Minutes’ About How Tesla Can Change the World
You probably haven’t seen electric vehicles (EV) get the type of primetime exposure they received Sunday evening on network television, but if Elon Musk has his way, they’ll soon become an undeniable part of our infrastructure. Musk, the CEO of EV maker, Tesla, was the subject of a 60 Minutes feature that brought his ideology…
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Groundbreaking UN Report Warns Climate Change a Threat to Global Security and Mankind
While climate change reports are far from a new phenomenon, an international study released Monday morning should be enough to give any human being reason to act and/or demand action from legislators and the energy industry around them. For the first time, a United Nations panel has concluded that the list of widely known climate…