Category: Green Building LEED News
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Designing for impossible solar clients (and the key to win them over)
When it comes to designing solar systems for clients, handling the technical aspects of the job is easy. You have the tools, you have the knowledge, and you have the job that needs to be designed. People, though. People can be a problem. “I have come across many difficult customers inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Centrica Business Solutions completes Shelter Creek Condominiums solar system
Centrica Business Solutions, part of Centrica plc, a global energy and services company, completed a 2.5-MW rooftop solar installation at Shelter Creek Condominiums in San Bruno, Calif. The project, which began in 2017, will offset the facility’s energy usage by 70 percent and is expected to generate 3,632,773 kilowatt-hours annually.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Merit Controls explains its growing turnkey control system, power plant modeling services
Merit Controls, a provider of power control systems and grid integration solutions for utility-scale applications, has significantly enlarged its commercial and industrial project portfolio. In addition to the recently announced 284 megawatts Azure Sky solar and storage project with partner Enel Green Power, Merit Controls continues to expand into wind,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Get to know Fronius’ three apps for start-up, monitoring and support
Fronius has reinvented its start-up, monitoring and after-sales support with its latest generation of inverters. Keys to this reinvention are three useful apps for installers, service technicians and end customers that expand Fronius’ range of tried-and-tested online tools with some helpful new features. Servicing support is available more quickly, as wellRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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WattBuy nets $3.5M to expand its renewables-focused electricity marketplace
WattBuy is an online electricity marketplace with the goal of empowering consumers to make smarter decisions about their electricity costs, allowing homeowners to browse and select plans in their area. It is a good idea, one that just raised $3.25 million in its Series A round of funding led byRead More — Solar Builder magazine