Category: Green Building LEED News
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AWM beefs up weight capacity of Arden Messenger Cable Hangers
Affordable Wire Management (AWM) made a big, strategic announcement at RE+ 2023, partnering with HellermannTyton, to offer full eBOS product kits and design advice for utility-scale solar projects. This week, AWM sent word of further improvements to beef up its Arden Messenger Cable Hangers. The Arden Cable Hangers are now rated for 20 pounds on……
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Study: No negative impact on property values near utility-scale solar projects in Texas
A new study conducted in Texas shows no evidence of negative market impact for residential properties near utility-scale solar facilities. Commissioned by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI) in partnership with the Advanced Power Alliance and the Solar Energy Industries Association, the study analyzed property sales in four counties in Texas that were near utility-scale solar projects. In all counties studied,……
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Solar has a labor shortage. Digital enablement of frontline workers can help.
This perspective was sent in via Juan Muldoon, Energize Partner. In the U.S., 100,000 new clean energy jobs have emerged in the past six months, yet low unemployment rates, labor costs, and job hopping are complicating renewable energy companies’ ability to hire, develop, and retain needed workers, such as production-line staff, electricians, mechanical engineers, and……
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Elexity piloting commercial building storage + loads control system with CPS America
Elexity, a provider of virtual power plant software for commercial buildings, received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate energy storage with its advanced load control and solar optimization software. All together, Elexity will be able to provide a whole-building solution. Elexity will begin testing and……
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DOE guarantees over $3 billion in solar loans tied to Sunnova’s Project Hestia
It is official: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) signed an historic agreement last week to partially guarantee over $3 billion in loans originated by residential solar + storage installation company Sunnova via its new solar loan channel, “Project Hestia.” We first reported on this conditional agreement in April. The aim……