Category: Green Building LEED News
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ABM Installs 1.2-MW Solar Array in Baltimore
ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today that ABM’s energy business has successfully commissioned a 1.2-MW solar array in Baltimore, Md., representing one of the largest solar installations to date in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Washington Gas Energy […] — Solar Builder magazine
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230,000+ Americans Tell Google to Quit Funding ALEC
Today, 230,000 members and supporters of the Sierra Club, Forecast the Facts, SumOfUs, RootsAction and the Center for Media and Democracy urged Google to end its alliance with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This week represents the first time ALEC’s annual States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. has Google as a corporate…
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8 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistance
Many of us who get the flu this winter will demand antibiotics from our doctors. And hopefully, your doctor will turn you down. Antibiotics, which kill bacteria, don’t cure the flu. That’s because the flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria. So your doctor would be prescribing an unnecessary drug. [caption id="attachment_314492" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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How U.S. Solar Market Can Surpass Germany
By Koben Calhoun and Jesse Morris A recent Deutsche Bank report projects global newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity will reach 50 gigawatts (GW) annually in 2014, a roughly 50-percent increase over anticipated new installed capacity during 2013. Germany’s been the longtime undisputed champion of solar deployment, with 35.2 GW of installed capacity as of Nov. 1, though the installation…
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3 Islands Lead the Way By Going 100% Renewable Energy
By Jeremy Gottlieb 100% renewable energy to some may sound like nothing more than a pipe dream, but in reality, it already exists. As giant countries like China, North America and India continue to pump out never ending streams of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, small, low-elevation islands are at risk of serious damage…