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In the field of construction, smart electricity meters, as an important component of smart buildings, can effectively improve the level of building energy management, reduce energy consumption, and promote the development of green buildings. ...
The new Student Experience International Minervahaven (SEM), located on the waterfront in Amsterdam, features more than 1770 square meters of individually tilted solar panels covering the entire building’s envelope - which is the largest energy producing facade installation in the Netherlands. The use of BIPV panels as the facades allows for the roofs to be used for social ...
BySolarLab
My third article for Forbes talks about moving past awareness of climate change and doing something about it. I noted how buildings are one of the most significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, so we must address how new and existing buildings use energy. And this is especially urgent if we want to achieve the ambitious 2050 net-zero goal spearheaded ...
For years, the real estate sector has been using a range of sustainability, quality and energy efficiency certifications to catalogue the building stock and highlight the best-rated buildings. The ability to categorise portfolios of buildings according to their ‘green’ credentials is very useful in positioning them ...
Presently, the world is combatting the third wave of coronavirus. After two consistent years of living with the virus, people have witnessed large scale setbacks across several fronts, be it a financial crisis, unemployment, or deterioration of healthcare facilities. However, on the other hand, it has also brought multiple global issues to the forefront like climate change, the need for ...
SolarLab is supplying the new BIPV facade for the formerly bottle-green office building on Grøndalsvej The new BIPV facade is PVD coated and satin finished glass to completely hide the electrical components. The facade is designed with Schmidt/Hammer/Lassen (part of Perkins+Will) and as exterior facade cladding it naturally fulfills all fire ...
BySolarLab
Reasons for Installing Combined Heat & Power Incorporating a CHP system intNCSU’s current district energy infrastructure provides the University with many benefits, including: Achieve higher efficiency for concurrent electricity and steam generation; a 35% increase compared tseparate steam generation and electricity purchasing for a 73% overall CHP system efficiency Reduced ...
In January 2009, Dell Children's Medical Center made green building history by becoming the first hospital in the United States to receive the prestigious LEED Platinum certification. LEED Platinum is the Green Building Councils highest ...
Shands selected Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) tdesign and build an on-site energy center for the hospital tensure power quality and reliability. ...
The first class I took from Mark – Introduction to Sustainable Energy – was a comprehensive overview that included current energy use and impacts (climate change), green buildings, renewable energy, and energy policy, just to name a few topics that we delved into. ...
Additionally, the aesthetic qualities and the possibility of custom colors makes CIGS a superior PV technology for the application in building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), e.g. in solar façades. ...
Growing deployment of sustainable energy technologies coupled with introduction of various mandates and norms toward green building codes will propel the business landscape. The U.S. EPA in 2018 introduced the International Green Construction Code to enhance the health and environment performance of building, structures and ...
Green Banking 2015 - 2018 India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Green Banking - Capacity Building on Green Energy and Climate Finance is a scholarship programme within the German International Climate Initiative (IKI). ...
Do you have your toes in the tip of the green build world and are curious about that all-important question, “How Much Do Solar Panels ...
Client: Chalmers Real Estate Building: Kuggen Building Installation year: 2014 Building Framework: New Concrete building Type of Building: University Overview Chalmers Real Estate is the property company of Chalmers Technical University. ...
In November 2016, Bullfrog Power and TD Bank Group launched a first-of-a-kind renewable energy collaboration, encompassing the full suite of Bullfrog’s renewable energy products – green electricity, green natural gas and green fuel – to address 100 per cent of TD’s energy footprint for its Vancouver branches and a portion ...
How They’re Making a Difference “Apple’s aggressive pursuit of its commitment to power the iCloud with 100% renewable energy has given the company the inside track among the IT sector’s leaders in building a green Internet,” Greenpeace stated in the 2015 ClickingClean Report. ...
One way to do this is by giving preference to builders who commit to meeting third-party certified green-building standards. Uptown Lofts, for example, received tax credits from Pennsylvania in part by opting to meet Passive House Institute US energy-efficiency criteria. Other green building certification programs have been ...
ByEnsia
Client: Dockside Green Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada Equipment: EverGEN Solar Area Lighting with BetaLED THE EDGE fixture Building a “Green” Community Carmanah solar area lighting is helping Dockside Green move forward in the development of an eco-friendly community that offers true environmental ...
Before construction began on the new park headquarters building at Lake Somerville State Park, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Administration decided it had a great opportunity to get involved with sustainable building practices. Using High Volume Fly Ash (HVFA) in concrete structures at the site was one of the main sustainable building components ...