Category: Green Building LEED News
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Global Study Shows U.S. Is 1 of 5 Nations Without Climate Legislation
When the Global Legislators Organization (GLOBE) surveyed the 66 countries that together are responsible for 88 percent of the manmade greenhouse gas emissions around the world, it noticed one glaring fact. Sixty-one of those countries had legislation on the books to decrease carbon pollution and promote clean energy, but the U.S. was not one of them. GLOBE…
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Navigant Research Says Microinverters, DC Optimizers to Become More Critical
One part power electronics and one part networking and communications technology, microinverters and DC optimizers (commonly referred to as module-level power electronics, or MLPEs) are playing an increasingly significant role in large-scale and distributed renewable electricity generation. With the potential […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Tesla Gigafactory: Gamechanger for Electric Cars & Energy Storage
The world’s biggest battery factory could make Tesla the world’s low-cost producer in energy storage.
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Inspector General Clears State Department of Conflict-of-Interest in Keystone XL Report
Yesterday, the inspector general concluded that the U.S. State Department did not violate conflict-of-interest rules with the selection of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to conduct environmental assessments of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, according to the L.A. Times. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told the L.A. Times that the inspector general “found that our processes not only…
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10 Best Sustainable Food and Farming Documentaries: Vote for Your Favorite
The nation’s newest, most vibrant competition for short films about sustainable food and farming—the first annual Real Food Media Contest—recently announced it had chosen the top 10 films from among 150 entries. A panel of judges will select the first, second and third place winners, but it’s up to the public to name the “People’s…