The retail giant’s 2,700 supercenters have a combined roof area that exceeds 500 million square feet — a blank slate that would make any solar installer or module maker salivate. Starting with twenty to thirty sites in California and Arizona, SolarCity will install MiaSolé CIGS and First Solar CdTe panels on these flat roofs. SolarCity [...]
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Getting individuals and businesses to change the way they interact with their thermostat has become one of the primary goals of utilities, regulators and energy startups. To spur adoption of renewables, incentives have to be properly calibrated. But what works? One of the most successful companies so far in bringing behavioral dynamics to energy is [...]
Earth Friendly E-Commerce was founded on the idea that making positive change for the environment is a group effort, where small changes can act as a larger force for good. We don’t have any illusions about the impact of a website on the environment, we understand that just changing how you sell items online will [...]
The Daily Green Helps with BACK TO SCHOOL: Back to school time is right around the corner. Soon you’ll be bombarded with so many advertisements for notebooks, planners, pens and other supplies, it will be hard to avoid buying products – unfortunately, many of these items take a toll on the environment. So rather than [...]
A snippet: Myth #4: One person can’t make a difference. Does it really matter if you don’t recycle or if you throw your food waste away instead of composting it? Yes. Much of what is in our landfills could have been reborn as a new product had it been reused. According to the EPA, 63.9 percent [...]
SolarCity today announced that it is taking a $21.5 million round of funding led by Mayfield Fund, and the company’s previous investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DBL Investors and Generation Capital. The company’s prior funding totaled approximately $134 million, and included investors First Solar, JP Morgan and Elon Musk. SolarCity helps businesses, home owners and government [...]
Biofuel producer Solazyme delivered 1,500 gallons of its algae-based jet fuel to the U.S. Navy’s testing and certification program today, helping the military reach its goal of switching half of its fleet to clean fuel by 2020. The Navy will use the fuel to power jets. Solazyme produces fuel by fermenting algae to create oils [...]
Driverless cars, recycling of rainfall and biodegradable roofs made from soy beans – novel as they sound, there is an annual event where they can all be found all at the same time and place: world fairs. These environment friendly features fit well with the next world fair, this time to be held in Shanghai. [...]
Daylighting has taken an important role in green building, with benefits ranging from lowered energy bills to happier occupants. Many architects have struggled with making daylighting effective without the cost of glare and heat gain. The Sundolier daylighting system is a new way to gain the benefits of natural light without the drawbacks. They do [...]