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Green Building Dilemmas: Investing Upfront Pays Off
How could we build our dream home and stay within our budget, all while contributing the least amount possible towards climate change?
The Bank of America Tower – What Is and What Could Have Been
The Bank of America Tower is making headlines—of the wrong sort. Yet an evaluation of the Bank of America Tower’s energy use and green building certification is a bit more complicated than the one-dimensional headlines may suggest.
Taking the bull by the horns
Achieving deep energy retrofits is an essential part of achieving our nation’s energy-use-reduction targets. But we’re not going to get there using the same, tired process that we have been using for the past 20 years. That’s where, surprisingly enough, a federal agency is stepping in and taking the bull by the horns.
A Tale of Two Solar Cities
The fight for the title “Solar Capital of the U.S.” is on, and for two towns in California, things are heating up faster than a solar panel during summer peak! On the surface they couldn’t be more different … yet the sun unites them.
Clean Energy 101: Going Solar — Options for Homeowners
An in-depth visual infographic showing various options available to homeowners for utilizing solar power.
