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Harlem block goes green | MNN - Mother Nature NetworkHistoric apartment buildings in Harlem are being retrofitted for energy efficiency, creating affordable green housing. Solar panels can be expensive. So can sustainable building materials and other energy-efficient upgrades. Not one to be dissuaded, an eco-conscious developer in New York ...
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Green jobs news roundup | MNN - Mother Nature NetworkThe latest green jobs news from around the web including an extra benefit of green jobs training and a roadmap for green collar jobs in New York City. A bevy of green jobs news has made headlines over the past week. In fact, there’s been so much news that I couldn’t pick just one or two to ...
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Solar Power Kicks Small-Scale Wind Power's Butt for Residential Usage : TreeHuggerSolar Power Kicks Small-Scale Wind Power's Butt for Residential Usage by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 08. 3.09 photo: Mike Gifford via flickr In the past year there have been a number of studies calling in question the usefulness of small-scale wind turbines . Not only in many ...
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The Johnny Appleseed of solar power | MNN - Mother Nature NetworkMeet Neville Williams, a Maryland man who says he has an easier time installing solar in Africa and Asia than he does in the United States. This is a tale about a modest man, a flaming ball of plasma and a quest. The man is Neville Williams, the ball of gas is the sun, and the quest was ...
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Inhabitat » Vertical Park: Stackable Solar Skyscraper for Mexico CityJune 1, 2009 Vertical Park: Stackable Solar Skyscraper for Mexico City by Alexandra Kain In the ever-expanding metropolis of Mexico City, green space is hard to come by. An estimated population of 22 million inhabitants bears an impressive weight on the Valley of Mexico and, in recent ...
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EnviroWonk - Surviving In Solar: Go East?Borrego Solar, a $60-million solar integrator with strong east and west coast activity, has some advice for fellow solar companies trying to get by in a low- or no-credit economy: Skip residential in favor of commercial and governmental installations…in the east. A few days after getting a ...
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New York City’s Largest Commercial Net-Metered Solar Power Array Graces Brooklyn Rooftopphoto: © Big Sue LLC While there are larger rooftop solar arrays out there (GM’s 12 MW solar array in Zaragosa, Spain being the current world leader in that category), a new, albeit much smaller, rooftop solar array sets a first of its own: First in commercial net-metered solar power array ...
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Technology Review: Making Silicon Less ReflectiveMaking Silicon Less Reflective A silicon coating could boost the efficiency of solar cells. Silicon solar cells reflect about a third of the light that they could potentially convert into electricity. A new nanostructured coating developed by researchers at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute ...X X added 12 months ago
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Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings - NYTimes.comRetailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation’s biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource.Skip to next paragraphEnlarge This ImageSuzanne DeChillo/The New York TimesA Whole Foods store in New Jersey ...
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NewEnergyNews* Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that will ReCharge America by Sherry Boschert: "Smart companies plan ahead and try to be the first to adopt new technology that will give them a competitive advantage. That’s what Toyota and Honda did with hybrids, and now they’re sitting pretty. Whichever ...Twine added 17 months ago