Category: Green Building LEED News
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Canadian Solar Opens Microgrid Testing Center in Ontario
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced the opening of Canadian Solar Microgrid Testing Centre. The Centre will focus on micro-grid solution testing, and system solution design and smart grid assessment services. The Canadian Solar Microgrid Testing Centre, partially funded by the Ontario MinistryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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33 Toxic Hair Straighteners Under International Recall Still Sold in U.S.
Thirty-three hair-straightening products have been recalled over the last three years in several countries due to high levels of formaldehyde, however, the U.S. has yet to pull the toxic products, according to new research from the national nonprofit Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE). [caption id="attachment_326723" align="alignnone" width="500"] Read on to find out which toxic hair straighteners…
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Report Confirms TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Will Export Tar Sands Unrefined
A new report shows that nearly all of the 1.1 million barrels a day of crude oil the proposed Energy East pipeline would carry would be exported unrefined. The report, TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline: For Export, Not Domestic Gain, shows eastern Canadian refineries would process only a small amount of crude from Energy East, given…
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Who’s counting? Center for Green Schools 2013 metrics
Published on: 18 Mar 2014 Feature image: In 2013, the Center for Green Schools reached further, leveraged greater and invested more than we ever have. How do we know? We are maniacal about tracking our work – whether it b…
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Global Demand Shifts East as Asian Solar Markets Explode
China’s 2013 solar installations totaled more than that of any other country in any other year, but that fact is emblematic of a larger shift. While the top 10 solar photovoltaic (PV) markets in the world accounted for more than 80 percent of end-market demand last year, a clear shift to the east took place.…