Attractive kickstarters added for rooftop solar in China. China may currently be the world’s largest producer of solar panels and a solar farm leader. However, it ranks low in terms of how much small-scale rooftop solar is being deployed within the country. This may soon change. Rooftop solar might even … [continued]
Originally published on Sefaira. By Carl Sterner The Myth of the Green Premium Conventional wisdom holds that high-performance buildings cost more than their inefficient counterparts — therefore only green-minded clients, or those with a long-term stake in a building, would be interested in pursuing performance goals. But what if the … [continued]
The Empire State Building’s energy efficiency retrofit has exceeded expectations, saving millions in utility bills. Now the same model is being rolled out in buildings across American and could have a major impact on electricity use and emissions.
The last thing presidential candidate Mitt Romney needs this week is a bit of piling on by some of American’s top corporate icons, but that’s exactly what went down on Tuesday in the form of a wind power advocacy letter to Congress signed by Starbucks, Yahoo!, Ben & Jerry’s, Johnson & … [continued]
The Empire State Building is in the middle of a green makeover. It is aiming to reduce energy usage by about 38%. Next on the makeover list is a change to its 6,500 windows. This improvement is predicted to not only protect the environment from tons of CO2 emissions, but … [continued]
