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UT Knoxville House Entry for Solar Decathlon 2011
The Department of Energy has just recently approved Team Tennessee Living Light’s Request forProposal and the Competitive Stage Schematic Design for the 2011 SolarDecathlon. UT’s zero-energy house, dubbed as Living Light, highlights the latest innovations in the areas of solar energy, energyefficiency, building materials, information technology and home design. The zero energy house prototype, proposed [...]
Solar on the Green House
It’s been a big week for Sungevity. First, a team of installers landed inthe Maldives to install solar on President Nasheed’s residence. Then,the White House announced that it would go solar after all, after months of badgering by Sungevity and 350.org. Last but not least, Sungevityis focusing on the homefront, helping a great organization in ourhometown [...]
COPYCAT ALERT: Maldives President Installs Solar Panels on Nation’s ‘White House’
While solar enthusiasts were still celebrating President Obama’sdecision to install solar panels on the White House roof, 9,000 milesaway, Mohamed Nasheed was on the roof of his residence in Male, thecapital of the Maldive islands, installing the last panels in his new11.5 kW solar array. Of course, people throughout the world install solar PV every [...]
VIDEO: Steven Chu Announcing Solar on the White House
Chu: "It’s been a long time since we had them up there." Courtesy of the good people at Planet Forward, here’s a video clip of Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Council ofEnvironmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley announcing the good newsearlier today that the Obama administration will be installing solarpanels (both PV and solar thermal) [...]
It’s Official: The White House Goes Solar!
So after quite a bit of prodding, it looks like President Obama is finally going to slap up some solar on the White House. Announced today, solar panels are going to be installed on the roofof the White House’s living quarters. When completed, the installationwill heat water and supply some electricity. To be honest, I [...]
Budweiser Adding More PV to Brew House $BUD
Anheuser-Busch is adding 585 kilowatts (kW) of photovoltaic (PV)modules to its brewery in Newark, N.J. Combined with the 525 kW systemthat parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev installed at the plant earlierin 2010, the array will provide roughly 10 percent of the brewery’selectricity needs. It’s part of a larger move underway at the world’sbiggest brewing company to [...]
Obama Administration Declines Solar Panels on the White House
To the disappointment of environmental activists, the Obamaadministration has declined to put solar panels on the White House roof. The organization 350.org, founded by Bill McKibben, has led a campaign to have Barack Obamare-install a set of solar panels which were originally installed on theWhite House by Jimmy Carter in 1979. The panels are obviously [...]
Solar House Concept from Raif Kurt
The recent advancements in solar technology have reduced the cost of solar power, making designers think about new ways to make our livesself-sufficient. Eco conscious designer Raif Kurt has come up with a zero-energy house design that is powered entirely by renewable solar energy. Dubbed the Solar Energy House, the triangular house features anarray of [...]
Bill McKibben Goes to the White House
On September 10, exactly one month before the 10/10/10 event, 350.org’s Bill McKibben and his team went to the White House. Theyentered the meeting with over 40,000 letters asking President Obama toreturn solar panels to the White House. At McKibbens request, hundreds of people registered new work parties to encourage President Obama to reinstall solar [...]