Category: Green Building LEED News
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers urge ITC to oppose solar tariffs
A bipartisan group of 16 senators and 53 members of the House of Representatives sent open letters to U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Chairman Rhonda Schmidtlein urging the ITC to reject a petition that would slap tariffs on imported solar panels and cells. “Solar companies in our states believe theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Meet the Energy Storage Innovation and Champion award winners
Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the largest gathering of policy, technology and market leaders in energy storage, today announced the winners of this year’s ESNA Innovation and Champion Awards. The ESNA Innovation Awards were presented to three energy storage projects that demonstrated excellence and impact in two categories: Centralized StorageRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SMA promoting a Power + Payday rebate program for solar installers
SMA announced a new rebate program for its innovative Power+ Solution. With the Power+ Payday, residential installers can receive a $50 pre-paid debit reward card for each Power+ Solution that is installed and registered in Sunny Portal between August 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Quantities will not be limited.Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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OMG Roofing’s new PowerGrip aims to reduce need for solar rooftop ballast
OMG Roofing Products has introduced PowerGrip Universal, a rooftop attachment anchor for mounting solar racking systems and other products to virtually any commercial roof. PowerGrip Universal is designed to reduce or eliminate the need for ballast in solar racking systems, so there’s less weight, material handling and labor on theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Tigo Skill connects your PV system to Amazon’s Alexa (enter to win one)
Tigo is now offering its customers the benefits of Amazon Alexa technology via the new Tigo Skill, available on Alexa-enabled products. The Tigo Skill integration allows English- and German-speaking Tigo customers to use their voice to inquire about their PV production or other information collected by Tigo’s SMART website. How does itRead More — Solar Builder magazine