Monthly Archives: October 2008

LEED 2009 Program Unveiled

At Greenbuild 2008 the USGBC unveiled the new LEED 2009 program. This new version of LEED will take into account many of the different LEED systems to date and puts them into one LEED program. USGBC is using a concept … Continue reading

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Photovoltaic (PV) systems grow nearly 50% each year

According to Earth Policy Institute, the use of photovoltaic (PV) systems has been growing by an average of nearly 50% each year since 2002, and production has doubled every two years. This growth makes PV energy the world’s fastest growing … Continue reading

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Innovations, Research and Development News

MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power- storing energy for use when the sun is not shining. Prior to this discovery, storing extra solar energy for later use has been cost prohibitive and very inefficient. The … Continue reading

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