Category: Green Building LEED News
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SMA Introduces Monitoring for Residential, Small Commercial PV Systems
SMA has unveiled a new solution that simplifies online monitoring of residential and small commercial photovoltaic systems. Webconnect enables direct data transmission from the inverter to SMA’s Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring platform, through the system owner’s […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Highly Contaminated Water Still Pouring Into Public Drinking Source on Dan River
[This is the fourth article in a four-part series. Read part one, read part two, read part three.] Waterkeeper Alliance and Yadkin Riverkeeper have obtained the results from a second round of water sampling on the Dan River in the wake of the third largest coal ash spill in recent U.S. history. Their results confirm that highly-contaminated…
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Chevrolet Pays Colleges to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
An automaker pledges to pay colleges for the clean energy and efficiency projects they install on their campuses. Under its Campus Clean Energy Campaign, Chevrolet has agreed to purchase carbon credits from universities as they reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The program is part of Chevrolet’s mission to invest $40 million over the next few years…
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Too Big to Fail Organic? Horizon Factory Farm Accused of Skirting Laws
In an open letter published today and addressed to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program chief, Miles McEvoy, the Cornucopia Institute accused the regulatory agency of abdicating its enforcement responsibilities. Cornucopia, an organic industry watchdog, charged that the USDA had allowed Dean Foods and its WhiteWave subsidiary to, allegedly, operate a giant factory farm dairy…
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College Students From Around The World Embark on 2015 Solar Decathlon
What’s the best way to expose college students to the capabilities of solar energy? Have them build homes that will rely on it, of course. The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the 20 teams who will participate in the 2015 Solar Decathlon—a nearly two-year competition in which the teams will work together to build…