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"Lost" Solar House Reborn as 3 Megawatt Air Force Solar Installation

August 9, 200915 years ago Tina Casey 8 Comments

In the 1970’s, the U.S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs hosted a comprehensive research project on home solar retrofits. The idea was to improve energy efficiency in Air Force housing, which at the time numbered over 150,000 units. The lessons learned from the model solar home were soon buried … [continued]

U.S. Air Force Cracks Top 20 List for Green Power

August 3, 200915 years ago Tina Casey 2 Comments

Joining the ranks of such green notables as San Francisco and Portland Oregon, the U.S. Air Force has made the top 20 List of On-Site Green Power Purchasers. The quarterly list is a subset of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership program. It includes organizations, businesses or government entities that … [continued]