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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • Stäubli, Power-Blox form partnership to work on energy storage solutions

    Stäubli Electrical Connectors (formerly Multi-Contact), the pioneer and global market leader in electrical connectors for Photovoltaic solutions, and Power-Blox the award-winning Swiss start-up enter into a strategic partnership for innovative energy storage solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the photovoltaic industry and more than 1 billion installed PVRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GAF installs its first fully integrated solar roofing system DecoTech

    GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, announced that Bay Valley Contractors completed a fully integrated residential solar panel installation. The 5.1 kW DecoTech Solar Roofing System was installed on a home in Concord, Calif. This location follows several successful installations on test sites throughout the U.S. Simple installation and attractiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Net metering revival in Nevada brings back Vivint Solar

    Nothing to see here, says Nevada. The governor signed AB 405, which reinstates net energy metering after the state had abruptly put an end to it in 2015 — a controversial decision that caused both high profile and small residential solar installers to leave the state or cutback operations. ItRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Here was New York’s pro-renewables response after Trump pulled out of Paris Agreement

    Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord caused an immediate reaction from states leading the country’s charge into renewable energy. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order to commit New York to uphold the standards set forth in the Paris Accord and announced a U.S. Climate Alliance,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Meet Smappee Plus: The latest advanced energy monitoring to enter the U.S. solar market

    Now entering the U.S. solar market, Smappee Plus is the latest innovation from Smappee’s burgeoning energy monitoring solutions which have seen widespread adoption across Europe since 2012. The product combines Smappee’s patented NILM (Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring) technology with submetering clamps to measure real-time energy use from appliances throughout a user’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine