Category: Green Building LEED News
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How one PV module manufacturer wants to meet the needs of homeowners
For all of the intrinsic value of solar, selling it on a wide-scale to homeowners might depend more on stuff like emotional appeal and aesthetics. This is driving the influx of black PV panels coming onto the market. LG’s NeON series comes in black. Panasonic just released all-black versions ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Home Depot to add rooftop solar systems to 50 store locations
The Home Depot will be adding PV systems at 50 of its stores as part of a continued alternative energy portfolio expansion. The average store roof, at approximately 104,000 square feet, will accommodate 1,000 panels, and the project is estimated to reduce electricity grid demand by 30 to 35 percent annually at eachRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Lowe’s Canada launches solar installation services for homeowners
Solar Brokers Canada, a large residential solar provider in Canada, its affiliate Green Lion Eco Group, a solar engineering and project management company, and Lowe’s Canada, which operates more than 600 stores in Canada under different banners, have come together to form Lowe’s Solar, an exclusive partnership to provide solar energy installation servicesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Some final thoughts on the 201 trade case while we await the ITC’s decision
The International Trade Commission (ITC) held its 201 trade case hearing last week, and now the world sits back and waits to see what the ruling is. While we wait, a few solar industry CEOs made sure to send around their own views on the case. Many start with theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Ecolibrium Solar makes list of fastest-growing private companies in the country
Ecolibrium Solar, maker of simple racking solutions for commercial and residential solar, was named to the 36th annual Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America. Inc. Magazine ranked Ecolibrium Solar the 443rd fastest-growing private company in the country. To make the list, Ecolibrium Solar grew 989 percent overRead More — Solar Builder magazine