Category: Green Building LEED News
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REC Solar Installs 1-MW Solar Energy System for Grape and Potato Farm
REC Solar, a national leader in commercial solar electric system design and installation, today announced the completion of a 1-MW solar energy system for Vignolo Farms. Located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, Vignolo Farms will offset 75 percent of its energy use at its cold storage facility with the four-acre arrayRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Need-to-Know Facts About Farmed Fish
The extent to which global demand for seafood is outpacing the sustainable yield of fisheries can be seen in shrinking fish stocks, declining catches and collapsing fisheries, according to the Earth Policy Institute. [caption id="attachment_328482" align="alignnone" width="500"] Overfishing has led to some disturbing facts that are difficult to ignore, according to the Earth Policy Institute.…
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How 11,000 Oil and Gas Wells Gave Utah Community More Ozone Pollution Than Los Angeles
Clearly, there’s no comparing the sparse population of Utah’s Uintah Basin and that of the mega-metropolis within the Los Angeles basin. So, how could both places possibly have similar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) levels? Despite an area population of barely 30,000, Uintah County is home to a combined 11,200 oil- and gas-producing wells. Over time, their presence led…
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DC to World: We mean green (and it’s code now, too)
Published on: 28 Mar 2014 Feature image: Good morning, Washington. Today marks the culmination of almost two years of work and thousands of hours of volunteer time to make the District of Columbia, once again, a national …
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DC to World: We mean green (and it’s code now, too)
Published on: 28 Mar 2014 Feature image: Good morning, Washington. Today marks the culmination of almost tw…