Category: Green Building LEED News
-
The Pitch: How multi-module microinverters reduce solar system costs
Soft costs comprise 64% of a solar PV system’s total cost, which means installation methods and component selection are crucial elements of solar installer’s business model. Today on the Pitch, Jason Higginson, senior director of marketing with APsystems, tells us how multi-module microinverters can be a competitive advantage for solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Longhorn Solar teams with Texas-based digital retail energy provider Griddy
The retail energy provider app, Griddy, chose Longhorn Solar to be one of three partners for solar panel installation for its customers. Griddy is a digital platform that offers its members electricity service at wholesale prices—with a monthly membership fee. Currently, Griddy only provides services to Texas residents. Griddy recognizedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Megger with new digital low resistance ohmmeter
Megger now offers a digital low resistance ohmmeter that can deliver reliable results when using long test leads. The DLRO2, a 2 Amp handheld tester, is ideal for use in production line testing and industrial applications. This robust and intuitive handheld instrument offers a ‘difference meter’ that allows for quickRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Check out Siemens’ microgrid demonstration lab at New Jersey headquarters
Siemens USA has launched an advanced microgrid research and demonstration environment at its U.S. Corporate Technology headquarters in Princeton, N.J. The living lab will validate the latest technologies in order to provide the market with a comprehensive blueprint of how microgrids can be flexibly operated in similar applications such asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Fourth Wave Energy to sell ‘complete home energy makeovers’ with this solar + geothermal system
Fourth Wave Energy, a publicly traded climate solutions company, is preparing to launch GeoSolar Plus, a new smart home clean energy system that combines solar and geothermal into one installation. By drastically reducing energy loads through upgrading the building envelope (and household appliances), then combining solar with geothermal energy, residents willRead More — Solar Builder magazine