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Solarreviews.com: Helping Consumers Find the Right Solar Installer
The solar energy market grew by 76% last year, according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. As solar power becomes an increasingly competitive energy source, more Americans are looking for reputable companies that can meet their solar needs. Up until now, however, consumers have not had the ability to easily access ratings [...]
Solar Powered Zoos Gain in Popularity
As more organizations realize the benefits of solar energy, they’re finding creative ways to incorporate solar systems into their infrastructure—even among lions, elephants and giraffes. Throughout the U.S. and even the world, solar powered zoos are gaining popularity. Considering the amount of energy it takes to maintain appropriate habitat temperatures, refrigerate the animals’ food and [...]
In Focus: Super Cities
A metropolis is a large densely populated urban area that has a significant economic, political and cultural function to its inhabiting country or region. A city’s population has to exceed 1 million inhabitants to even be considered a metropolis in today’s context. Another term has been coined to describe cities with super densely populated urban [...]
Japan Pushes Smart Cities
In the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, Japan has placed heightened urgency on building smart, sustainable cities, but it was moving in that direction even before then. Smart cities are a new style of city providing sustainable growth and designed to encourage healthy economic activities that reduce the burden on the environment [...]
Infographic: Top 10 Green Ways To Improve Our Cities
The environment is in danger, but fortunately, going green can help save the environment from further degradation. One of the things that people can do to save the environment is reduce waste consumption by encouraging recycling. Seventy-five percent of the waste in the United States is recyclable. However, studies have shown that only five percent [...]
In Focus: Successful Electric Car Cities
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as cities all over the world started recognizing their advantages and introducing initiatives to promote the use of the plug-in transport. Although EVs are still largely considered to be somewhat ‘cars of the future’, there’s a rising global movement committed to making these electric cars a reality of [...]
In Focus: Urban Solar Projects
Deutsche Bank recently installed a 122 kW solar array on its North American headquarters in New York City. The array is the largest PV system currently installed in Manhattan. And at 737 feet off the ground, it’s also the highest elevated flat solar panel system in the world. The system is expected to reduce carbon [...]
20 New Clean Cities Projects Announced by DOE
Last week the United States’ Department of Energy announced that it would fund 20 new projects through its Clean Cities Initiative. The funding, which in sum is estimated to be about $11 million, is intended to support state and local governments in their efforts to make their cities more accessible to alternative fuel vehicles. The [...]
Chicago: Sustainable Urban Design Mecca
The greening of a “street” may not sound like much, but a 1.5-mile stretch of road in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood is being lauded as the greenest street in America – as an example of how cities can use sustainable design principles to improve the urban ecosystem. The street is the first to use an innovative new roadway material called [...]