Codes + Standards New Trading Platform Allows Solar-Energy Producers To Sell Excess Energy To Others Brooklyn Microgrid allows people who generate electricity from solar panels to sell excess electricity credits
Codes + Standards More Residential Solar Customers Now Buy Rather Than Lease In the last quarter of 2016, only 47 percent of all new residential solar installed was third-party owned
Energy Efficiency Massachusetts State Board Resists Calls For Mandated Electric Car Hookups Developers and home builders say customers don’t want electric vehicles or the extra costs associated with the lines
Home Technology Seven Predictions For Smart Home Innovation Energy efficiency is the norm for new homes now, but there’s still room for innovation. Kurt Dykema of Twisthink envisions a cost-effective...
Codes + Standards Six Decade-Old Home In Boulder Undergoes Net Zero Retrofit A 60-year old home in Boulder, Colo., was retrofitted to make it net zero energy. While more homes are being raised to more sustainable...
Home Technology The New American Home 2017: Kitchen and Bath Highlights The standout kitchen and bath features in The New American Home 2017 offer innovation, luxury, and new takes on the tried and true
Codes + Standards More Efficient Manufacturing Has Reduced Energy Break-Even Point Of PVs To Two Years Skeptics say that the large amount of electricity needed to melt and purify silicon used to make PVs comes mostly from power plants burning fossil fuels
Codes + Standards Critics Charge New St. Louis County Building Code Is Too Light On Efficiency Builders say the code will help make homes more affordable
Energy Efficiency Foldable, unbreakable solar panels that you can take with you Imagine being on a camping trip and pulling out of your backpack a sheet of solar cells rolled up like a scroll to charge an electronic...
Codes + Standards Vermont Power Company Offers Program To Help Customers Go Off The Grid A new pilot program provides off-grid PV and battery storage systems for customers located far off the grid
