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Production Builder in the LEED
Constructech It was recently announced that the builder will pursue the US Green Building Council's LEED for Homes certification for all homes under its signature brands: Plantation Homes, Coventry Homes, and Carmel Builders across the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, … |
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Green Tech Gets Serious
Wall Street Journal With economies still weak and China pushing hard to dominate growing industries such as wind and solar power, clean-energy innovation is emerging as the new front in the global economic fight. The winners won't be clear for years, said the chief … |
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Wind, solar zoning approved
Delmarva Now ACCOMAC — Zoning amendments that add provisions for wind and solar energy production in the county's business and industrial districts were approved by the Accomack County Board of Supervisors by a 7-1 vote. Supervisor Wanda Thornton voted against the … |
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Bill could limit residential solar, wind energy
KTVN Existing law allows local jurisdictions to restrict solar or wind apparatus on basis of the height, noise, or safety of the system. AB122, sponsored by Assemblyman Pete Livermore, R-Carson City, would also allow them to create rules about the system's … |
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Solving the Energy Poverty Problem
Americans For Energy Leadership Because of the difficulty in connecting rural inhabitants to the grid, small-scale, off the grid energy projects currently provide the most feasible way of bringing energy to people in remote areas, but achieving this on a large scale is difficult. … |
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More new homes have energy-efficient features yet still lack credentials
The Tennessean Anyone who uses Realtracs.com, the local online multiple listing service, to conduct their own searches for green-certified houses might be surprised at how few choices they find. Of 89 new-construction listings we found last week in Brentwood, … |
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He lives off the grid — to the extreme
Houma Courier PALM BAY, Fla. – Terry Milam hasn't paid his mortgage in more than three years, since his water well drilling business went south. He has been in and out of foreclosure. He's been on and off unemployment. He now relies on a part-time … |
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Take Your Tech Off the Grid
PCWorld What do a tree-hugging hippie, a die-hard survivalist with a year's worth of Campbell's soup, and a sensible bill-paying adult have in common? If you were expecting a dirty joke, sorry to disappoint (this is PCWorld, … |
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Living with an electric car in Ventura County…the first month
Ventura County Star You see, the Volt feeds off the grid while we humans sleep — and one needs to remember to detach its umbilical cord before motoring off. Of course you can charge an electric car whenever you want, but I've programmed my Volt to limit its craving for … |
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Conergy Unit Plans $2.7 Billion Australian Wind Farms
Bloomberg A unit of Conergy AG, the German solar power company, said it plans three wind farms in Australia estimated to cost as much as $2.7 billion that will proceed if the government does more to spur clean energy … |