Category: Green Building LEED News
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Soft Costs Most Expensive Part of Solar Installation, NREL Says
Now that it costs 75% less to produce solar modules, soft costs are the most expensive part of an installation – 64% of the final price.
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Could Your Dandruff Shampoo Be Harming the Environment?
It’s bad enough that some shampoos have ingredients that can cause cancer. Now a new study shows that some anti-dandruff shampoos may be harmful to the environment. The study, in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, says that the anti-dandruff ingredient climbazole recently was detected for the first time in wastewater treatment plant discharge. [caption id="attachment_314112" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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Fact Checking Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attacks on Wind Energy
It was only a matter of time before wind energy supporters fired back at the fossil fuel-funded Institute for Energy Research (IER) for releasing a report this week that was peppered with falsehoods. It didn’t help that its sister organization, the American Energy Alliance, equated the federal wind production tax credit (PTC) as “welfare” in…
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A GMO Apple?
The comment period is about to close for a GMO apple that doesn’t turn brown, the first GMO solely for shelf life and cosmetic appeal.
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Bullfrog Power to Install Rooftop Solar System at Alberta Arena
Bullfrog Power, Canada’s leading green energy provider, and the Town of Black Diamond are partnering to bring new solar electricity to Alberta. Bullfrog Power will provide matching financing that will enable Black Diamond to install solar panels on the Oilfields […] — Solar Builder magazine