Via the Rocky Mountain Institute, an interesting article on how third-party solar financing models are not enough and how more of a smart market approach would foster increased solar power deployments among residential homeowners: In recent years, companies have made great strides in offering third-party financing to bring solar and energy efficiency to residential consumers […]
Read more »Via the Globe and Mail, a look at Montreal’s Lufa Farms: Nothing’s more down to earth than farming, but a new urban farm in Montreal is inspiring designers to think of growing in the clouds. Lufa Farms, on the roof of a commercial building near Montreal’s Marché Centrale, is a 32,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse that’s producing […]
Read more »Via Clean Technica, a look at Europe’s largest solar rooftop: The largest self-consumption rooftop solar array in Europe has been completed, and it is of course located in Germany. It is eleven hectares in size, consists of 33,000 solar panels, and has a generation capacity of 8.1 MW (which could power up to about 1,846 […]
Read more »Via the Environmental Research Web, a report on the potential for green roofs to help cities control flooding: For many of us it is becoming a familiar sight: water bubbling up out of the gutter and roads turning to rivers, as urban drainage systems struggle to cope with an intense downpour. As well as closing […]
Read more »Courtesy of City Farmer News, a report on The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development in partnership with Blue Sea Development and Sky Vegetables, launched a new housing project in the South Bronx featuring a rooftop farm. The innovative eco-friendly building offers low-income communities not only affordable housing but also year-round employment […]
Read more »Via GigaOm, a report on SunPower’s innovative new plan to introduce a solar home loan that will complement its effort in the residential leasing market: SunPower executives said Wednesday they plan to roll out a loan program for the residential market, a move that will enable the company to attract homeowners who want to own […]
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