Via ClimateWire, a report on the recently announced partnership between Sungevity and Lowe’s Home improvement stores to help customers quote and install a solar system. As the article notes: “…Critics often charge that solar is “fringe” or “inaccessible,” which has historically been true. Since the 70’s, home solar photovoltaics has been largely a technology for […]
Read more »Via Inhabitat, an interesting look at rooftop housing: From solar arrays and green roofs to exquisite gardens and massive farms, rooftops in New York City boast a lot more than just air conditioners and water towers. Covering our buildings’ roofs is a hallmark of sustainable building, and in a dense urban landscape like the Big […]
Read more »Via The Sierra Club, a report on what may prove to be the largest single solar rooftop installation in North America: When clean-energy supporters hear that one corporation plans to add 5 MW of solar on one facility, they turn into kids in a candy store — or, in this case, a toy store. Toys […]
Read more »Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on the economic viability of rooftop agriculture: “…When Lufa Farms began selling produce to customers in Montreal in late April, it signaled what could be the beginning of a tantalizing new era in the gastronomic fortunes of that Canadian metropolis. In all but the short summer […]
Read more »Via Cleanbreak, an interesting report on how the Toronto District School Board has become, in effect, a solar utility by agreeing to install PV panels on 450 rooftops under a $445-million deal. As the article notes: Kudos to the Toronto District School Board for taking the plunge into solar PV, announcing yesterday its trustees had […]
Read more »Via Science Daily, an article on how green roofs can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems. As the report notes: “…Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and […]
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