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San Francisco Launches Green Leasing Toolkit for Commercial Office Buildings by Stephen Del Percio, Green Real Estate Law November 3, 2011 Although designed primarily for San Francisco buildings, the free, on-line resource is being promoted as adaptable for any geographic location and is divided into three sections: a general green leasing guide, tips [...] Japan eyes solar panels on all new buildings by Tim Hornyak, cnet.com May 24, 2011 A landmark along the Tokyo-Osaka railway, Sanyo's Solar Ark is 344 yards wide with an annual output of 530,000 kWh. (Credit: Sanyo) Struggling with a continuing nuclear crisis and strains on its power supplies, Japan is [...] GM to use landfill gases as an energy-saver at Orion plant by Suzanne Ashe, cnet.com May 23, 2011 As production of the fuel-efficient 2012 Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano begins this fall at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant, 40 percent of the energy required to build the vehicles will come from burning [...] News: Seattle Seahawks home to add Solyndra solar panels by Candace Lombardi, cnet.com May 18, 2011 Seattle Seahawks President Peter McLoughlin checks out a Solyndra solar array on the roof of Qwest Field. (Credit: Solyndra/Corky Trewin) The Seattle Seahawks stadium, Qwest Field Event Center, is adding solar panels to its roof. The solar [...] Calif. solar plant, to be world’s largest, wins key approval by Reuters September 16, 2010 The Blythe plant will use parabolic trough technology, in which heat from mirrors generates steam that passes through turbines to create electricity. (Credit: U.S. Bureau of Land Management) The world’s largest solar power plant cleared an important hurdle [...] $1B Green Project Planned for Istanbul by Preston Koerner, JetsonGreen.com August 12, 2009 Just yesterday, architecture firm RMJM announced plans for a $1 billion, landmark green project for the Atasehir district of Istanbul, Turkey. The Varyap Meridian development is slated for a new residential and business district — and just might transform into [...] Sacramento getting smart grid by Candace Lombardi, CNET News June 24, 2009 Sacramento County plans to install a smart grid. (Credit: Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Sacramento County’s community-owned electric utility has signed a deal for Silver Spring Networks to provide a smart grid for roughly 600,000 homes and businesses. Installation is to begin [...] Green technologies to watch by Martin LaMonica, CNET News April 21, 2009 From a technology perspective, things have changed a lot since the first Earth Days of the 1970s. After barely moving for decades, there’s been a surge in innovation in energy the past five years, fueled both by society’s growing interest in clean [...] The City of Miami announced a proposal on Monday to install 1 million two-way “smart meters” to all Miami residents over the next two years in what would be the most comprehensive smart-grid program in the U.S. [...] News: Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4 billion deal by Jonathan Skillings, CNET News April 20, 2009 This story has been updated. See below for details. Oracle, not IBM, will be buying Sun Microsystems. Oracle and Sun announced Monday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun [...] |
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