Category: Green Building LEED News
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Convenience store turns refrigeration into ‘energy storage’ via Maplewell Energy
Energy management solutions provider Maplewell Energy successfully piloted a project using refrigerators for “energy storage” at an enterprise convenience-store operator. The technology used, known as thermal energy storage (TES) in refrigeration, precools canned and bottled beverages prior to an energy peak, optimizing and balancing loads as needed. Maplewell released the beta version of its demand……
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Florida-based Dimmitt Chevrolet activates 730 kW rooftop solar project with ESA
Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Florida, has unveiled a new rooftop solar array, installed in partnership with ESA. The solar panels will provide clean energy to power the dealership’s operations and reduce its carbon footprint. The 729.96 kW solar array, consisting of over 2,000 panels, is expected to generate over 1 GW of electricity per year….…
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Tate Inc. installs 561.12 kW of rooftop solar at Maryland facility
Tate Inc. and DSD Renewables have completed the installation of a 561.12 kW solar rooftop system at Tate’s facility in Jessup, Maryland. Tate is a leading manufacturer of raised access floors and data center management solutions. The company’s products include concrete and steel raised floor panels, structural ceilings and data center containment and infrastructure distribution……
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Overview of the dual-axis solar tracker market
While single-axis utility-scale solar tracker installations have widely proliferated in the heady solar market, the more commercial and industrial-oriented dual-axis tracker has not enjoyed such rapid growth, despite the economic advantages the second axis offers by following the sun much more closely. Part of the reason that the market for dual-axis trackers has not boomed……
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CS Energy, CVE break ground on 22 MW portfolio of community solar in New York
CS Energy and CVE North America have broken ground on a 22 MW portfolio of four community solar projects in western New York. CVE developed these projects, all of which will use Solar FlexRack solar trackers. These projects will bring the total amount of solar energy projects completed between CS Energy and CVE to more……