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West Hollywood, Calif., is enacting one of the nation´s first mandatory green building programs for private development in the country. A new law covering building practices is now in effect and the city has created a Green Building Resource Center at City Hall to help showcase green building products and practices. “The city has been [...]
German solar power firm, Schott AG, plans to aggressively expand its U.S. business, announcing plans to build a photovoltaic manufacturing facility to dramatically increase its production. Its Roseville, Calif.-based Schott Solar division is evaluating locations for the new plant, which should be online in 2009. The facility will increase Schott´s U.S. photovoltaic production by more [...]
Those approving new property devlopments in many cities have been requiring lower energy consumption performance from our buildings, by increasing insulation requirements, etc. The majority of citizens believe that is for the politicians to set energy economy rules and to force all new property to be built in a manner which will ensure that less [...]
A scheme using floating concrete to harness wave energy has received a £150,000 grant from the Carbon Trust. Bristol-based firm Embley Energy will use the cash to refine the prototype of its wave-energy converter Sperboy and demonstrate whether it can compete with fossil fuels and other renewable energy sources. Embley bosses say Sperboy, a specially-designed [...]
A PLAN to test new wave-power devices off the coast of south-west England will create the world’s largest wave farm, establish the area as a global leader in the technology’s development and make the United Kingdom the location of choice for worldwide wave-energy companies. The Wave Hub project – costing 28 million pounds and which is [...]
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