Category: Green Building LEED News
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Black & Veatch survey results show an electric sector that needs to evolve
Black & Veatch just released its 2019 Strategic Directions: Electric Report, which shows power sector in need of repowering itself in an increasingly complex, multifaceted and evolving energy ecosystem. The surge of renewable energy from solar, wind and battery storage – and growing penetration of microgrids and other distributed energy resources (DERs)Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Ubiquitous Energy is getting closer to commercializing its transparent solar coating for windows
Transparent solar technology company Ubiquitous Energy has started a new research and testing program for its ClearView Power technology (CVP) — a see-through solar coating that can be applied to the vertical surfaces of buildings, turning traditional windows into highly energy-efficient and electricity-generating windows. The research program is being partiallyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sunnova teams up with PetersenDean Roofing and Solar to serve California homebuilders
Sunnova Energy International Inc. and PetersenDean Roofing & Solar announced a new strategic partnership that could shift the balance of power in the California new-build solar market. PetersenDean is one of the largest full-service roofing and solar companies in the United States and Sunnova is a national solar and storage installerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Kroger subsidiary adds 2-MW solar system at automated distribution center
Ralphs, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co. installed a photovoltaic solar array at its automated distribution center in Paramount, Calif., a 555,000-square-foot building that provides products to 190 Ralphs stores and 95 Food 4 Less stores throughout Southern California. This is the largest solar energy project to date for Kroger,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Learned Behavior: Advances in machine-learning lead the way to true solar + storage profitability
In the compelling short story “Lifecycle of Software Objects,” author Ted Chiang explores a world in which artificial intelligence (AI) is reared and cared for just as you would a child. He did this because he sees the commitment life-long learning and development as the only true way for AIRead More — Solar Builder magazine