Tag: business
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Chemical Industry Works with Ohio Senators to Ban LEED Ratings on Government Buildings
Ohio ranks first among states with LEED certified schools, but two legislators no longer want the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the efficiency of governmental buildings there. The USGBC has announced a campaign and petition opposing Ohio Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (SCR 25), which would prohibit the use of the LEED v4 green building…
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Obama’s Power Africa Plan Selects U.S. Firms to Build 3 Solar Farms in Ethiopia
Two U.S. companies have received contracts to join President Obama’s plan to double power access in Africa by 2030. The Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy and directors at the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation awarded contracts to Global Trade and Development Consulting (GTDC) and Energy Ventures to construct and operate three solar farms in Ethiopia, according to PV Tech.…
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National Retailers Accept Trades, Lower Prices for LED Holiday Lights
Home Depot is encouraging people to do away the old Christmas lights of years past in exchange for energy efficient ones. The national retailer will recycle old, broken or used incandescent lights across the country if shoppers bring them in before the end of the business on Nov. 17. Customers can then receive discounts of $3…
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4 Ways The Industry Can Help Lower Cost of Going Solar
For each year the industry continues without universal standards, powering every U.S. home and business with solar energy becomes more difficult. The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on Monday agreed the industry needed to “double down” on a unified effort to lower the cost of residential and small commercial installations.…
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Solar Light Improves Lives of India’s Urban Poor
One of the major consequences of industrial agriculture is the steady flight of rural populations to urban centers. Economists have widely encouraged this mass movement of people as a sign of a developing economies “specializing.” We are seeing this trend in all majors cities in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Young men and women leave…