Category: Green Building LEED News
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Brisbane, Calif. asked for solar production instead of just pricing in this bid and Sunterra Solar delivered
A new 168-kilowatt solar energy system is now operational in the City of Brisbane, Calif., thanks to Sunterra Solar. The SunPower rooftop PV system was installed on Brisbane’s City Hall as part of the City’s comprehensive sustainability and energy efficiency program. In its first six months of operation, the city’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Public-private partnership forms in Virginia to nurture solar workforce development
Twenty organizations including Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC), the Maryland-DC-Delaware-Virginia Solar Industries Association (MDV-SEIA), Dominion Energy, Microsoft, leading solar developers, construction companies, and energy consulting & recruiting firms join forces to launch SHINE, a public-private partnership dedicated to building innovative solar career pathways in Virginia. SHINE, which stands for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Soft cost progress: Over 300 local governments have streamlined solar permitting thanks to SolSmart program
We hype solar technology innovation often as the path forward to a renewable energy future, but the technology we have is already pretty awesome. The bigger opportunity to grow solar is now in small-scale local progress — cutting permitting red tape and normalizing solar systems within the zeitgeist. We arguedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Support Group: How Entropy Solar Integrators saved their sinking Snow Camp, N.C., microgrid
Permanent, reliable generation is the ultimate goal of any microgrid development. Without support, the weight of the equipment and pads/skids will cause sinking and tilting of the equipment that could result in system failure. In many areas, these installations must also be secure enough to withstand the possibility of extremeRead More — Solar Builder magazine