Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Solar Distancing, ep. 1: What the heck is this?

    Welcome to episode 1 of Solar Distancing with your quarantined host Chris Crowell, managing editor of Solar Builder. Solar Distancing is a reaction to our current predicament — the pandemic isn’t time to panic – it is a time to prep! Solar Distancing will be a short series of informalRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • LEED for Data Centers: Solutions for 3 Common Energy Challenges

    Earning LEED certification for a data center is a challenge. Use these tips from the USGBC to drive sustainable change. Read more.  More…

  • ECA Solar adds a VP of development to expand focus in New Jersey solar market

    Since the company’s first installation six years ago, ECA SOLAR has developed, engineered, and safely installed solar PV systems on over 5 million square feet of commercial rooftop space on the East Coast. That looks to continue after the hiring of Thomas B. Schrum of New Brunswick, N.J., as Vice PresidentRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GAF Energy adds Solaria high-efficiency panels to its roof-integrated solar system

    GAF Energy is North America’s leading provider of roof-integrated solar solutions, and this week it bolstered the power of its system by teaming with Solaria to include its super high-efficiency solar panels with its roof-integrated solar product. This partnership brings two leaders together from the solar and roofing industry to transformRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Five key considerations of industrial solar leasing

    Industrial property owners are increasingly turning to rooftop solar facilities to add value to their portfolios and maximize the profitability of their assets, as well as to increase renewable energy sources for the greater good. While the general principles of commercial leasing apply to rooftop solar leases, there are aRead More — Solar Builder magazine