Category: Green Building LEED News
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Potential Net-Metering Rollbacks Won’t Impact Solar Market in USA
Despite efforts from some U.S. states to re-evaluate their net-energy metering (NEM) policies, the impact of any potential changes on the U.S. photovoltaics (PV) industry is expected to be negligible in 2014, according to IHS Inc. “States including Arizona, Colorado […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Harvard and Brown Fail Moral Leadership Exam
By John Fullerton At a time when institutions of business and government continue to fail society, two of our leading academic institutions missed the opportunity to provide essential moral leadership on the most pressing challenge ever faced in the history of human civilization. Harvard President Drew Faust issued her October statement first: She and her colleagues on…
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Real Goods Solar, BlueWave Capital to Deploy Four Solar Projects in Massachusetts
RGS Energy, the commercial and utility division of Real Goods Solar, and BlueWave Capital, one of the leading developers of solar energy projects in Massachusetts, are to deploy four new solar farms in Massachusetts. RGS Energy will design, install, monitor and […] — Solar Builder magazine
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3 Graphics Illustrate Solar’s Rise in 2013
The U.S.’ 13-percent share of global solar installations last year marked a 30-year high and the end of a historic 12 months. Though country received large investments for utility-scale projects, the growth was largely brought on by middle-class homeowners who elected to go green. GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association compiled data and…
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Documentary Exposes Wildlife Services’ Secret Killings
This month, Predator Defense launches a nationwide film screening tour of their documentary detailing the secretive killings of the Wildlife Services, a department of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which kills more than one million coyotes, bears, otters, foxes, birds and other animals each year without any requirement to disclose its activities to the public. In…