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German
Firm Lands in Tucson
May 19, 2008, Arizona
Republic - A German company that makes mounting brackets for
solar panels is opening its first U.S. location in a
22,000-square-foot Tucson facility. Schletter Inc.
employees already have begun... click here
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Under
the Sun - the ASEA Newsletter April
1, 2008, ASEA - Read the
April 2008 Newsletter of the Arizona Solar Energy Association,
Under
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Green
Power Getting Boost
January 26, 2008, AZDaily
Sun - A handful of local entities are banding together to buy "green" energy, hoping to spur renewable energy development near Flagstaff....
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Keep
Solar Shining
January 28, 2008, Arizona
Republic - The economic-stimulus package from Congress needs some power. Renewable power. The plan should include an extension of tax credits for...
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Black
& Veatch Study Identifies Renewable Energy Resources in
Arizona
October 26, 2007, Black
& Veatch - Video of Innovation Award
presented to John Wesley Miller featuring energy-saving and
innovative information. click here
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Watch
AZ Governor's Innovation Award presented to John Wesley Miller for his Zero Energy
Home
July 12, 2007, AZ
Dept. of Commerce
- Video of Innovation Award
presented to John Wesley Miller featuring energy-saving and
innovative information. click here
for full story.
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Harnessing
Arizona's Solar Power Potential - Arizona Is Drenched with
Sun, but Obstacles Remain
July 8, 2007, Arizona
Republic - Arizona's relentless sunshine has enough energy to power the entire country. Yet solar supplies less than half of 1 percent of the state's power. That's about to change.
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Arizona
Public Service Offering a Net Metering Rate Plan
June 25, 2007, APS - The new APS Net Metering Rate Plan, EPR-5, will be offered beginning July 1st. Explanatory information will be posted...
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City
of Scottsdale Earns Coveted LEED Gold Certification
May 1, 2007, City
of Scottsdale - The U.S. Green Building Council today recognized the City of Scottsdale’s Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road, with the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification.
The award recognizes the...
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Solar Electric Roadmap for Arizona
January 19, 2007, AZ
Dept. of Commerce - The Arizona Department of Commerce has released the state’s recently completed Solar Roadmap Study which projects up to 1,000 megawatts of solar electricity could be implemented in Arizona by 2020 creating more than 3,000 new jobs in...
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for full report... click here
for executive summary...
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Congratulations
on Renewable Energy
December 2, 2006, Arizona
Republic - (Opinions) - I want to congratulate the Arizona
Corporation Commission and all of Arizona. I live in a solar-grid-tied home, which helps the air and...
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ASU
Aims to Be Global Hub of Environmental Solutions November
14, 2006, Arizona
Republic - Arizona State University has launched the nation's first school in sustainability studies, with the hope of becoming a global...
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Arizona
Votes 4-1 in Favor of Renewable Energy November
1, 2006, Renewable
Energy Access - The future of solar -- and renewable energy as a whole -- just got a whole lot sunnier in the state of Arizona. By a vote of 4-1, the
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Vanguard
Unveils 'Green' Building October
21, 2006, Arizona
Republic - Mutual-fund giant Vanguard and real estate developer Liberty Property Trust showed off the latest and "greenest" addition to Vanguard's north Scottsdale campus this week. The three-story...
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ASU
Launches World's First School of Sustainability October
5, 2006, ASU
Insight - Fourteen years after the United Nation’s
Earth Summit brought together 172 governments to focus world
attention on global environmental issues... click here
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Governor
Napolitano Proclaims October is Arizona Solar and Sustainability
Month September
29, 2006, Office
of the Governor - Whereas, Solar, Renewable Energy and
Sustainability technologies and practices are of great value
to Arizona economic development, energy reliability, and
security, and environmental benefit... read
full proclamation here.
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We
Need to Press for Sun Power September
17, 2006, AzCentral.com,
Jonathan Fink - With over 330 days of sunshine each year, steadily rising energy costs and seemingly unlimited demand, Arizonans are rightly asking, "Why can't we use the sun...click here
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Former
Lawmaker Wong Chosen to Fill Place on Regulatory Panel July
27, 2006, AzCentral.com,
Ken Alltucker - Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday appointed veteran Arizona lawmaker Barry Wong to the Arizona Corporation Commission seat vacated by Marc Spitzer.
Spitzer resigned his seat this week...
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Center
Meets New Gold Standard May
8, 2006, AzCentral.com,
A year ago Scottsdale became the first city in the country to adopt the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design gold standard for new buildings. The Granite Reef Senior Center, scheduled...
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New
HOA Flap on Solar Panels Heats Up March
23, 2006, East
Valley/Scottsdale Tribune, In Gary Vernon's Pinal County neighborhood, horses, chickens and dogs run free in back and front yards, and boat and horse trailers sit out in plain view. In most East Valley homeowners
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Arizona
Passes 15 Percent Renewable Energy Standard March
2, 2006, Renewable
Energy Access, Renewable energy technologies got a boost in an Arizona Corporation Commission vote this week. In a state known for its sunshine...
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Utilities
and Net Metering
June10, 2008, Renewable
Energy World.com - Q: Why do some utilities seem to dislike net metering? A: Net metering has become the main policy for homeowners and...
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LED-powered
Curtainwall is Unveiled in China
May 15, 2008, Beijing, China-- The GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall located on the Xicui
Entertainment Complex in Beijing, features the world’s largest color...
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LEED
2009 Opens for Public Comment
May 15, 2008, Washington, D.C.-- The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors
released details of LEED 2009 for public comment. LEED 2009 is part...
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Green
BluWood Promotes Sustainable Building
May 15, 2008, Multi-Housing
News, Resistant to moisture absorption, mold and fungi
growth and termites, BluWood is designed to protect a building
for life, making it an environmentally friendly alternative to
traditional wood....click here
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The Green Initiative Awards 2008 presented by Multi-Housing News: Entries due July 1
May 15, 2008, Multi-Housing
News, The Green Initiative Awards is the multifamily industry's first competition recognizing eco-friendly products, services and corporate initiatives. The competition is also open to...click
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Two California Developers Receive Energy Star Award for Reducing Greenhouse
May 15, 2008, Multi-Housing
News, By Anuradha Kher, Washington, D.C.--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently presented Energy Star awards to two California...
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Actor Edward Norton Urges Congress to Make Affordable Housing Green
May 15, 2008, Multi-Housing
News, By Anuradha Kher - Washington, D.C. Edward Norton, actor, director, producer and Enterprise Community
Partners trustee, recently testified before the United States...
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Energy-Efficiency
Goals Adopted by State Panel December
6, 2007, SF
Gate - California should make all new homes so energy-efficient by 2020 that they won't need to draw power from the state's electrical grid, according to a plan for meeting the state's future energy needs. Adopted unanimously...
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House
Passes a Sweeping Energy Bill December
5, 2007, LA
Times -The House on Thursday approved the biggest increase in vehicle fuel-economy standards since gasoline cost less than a dollar a gallon, in a sweeping energy bill that is headed for a...click
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Google
to Spend Hundreds of Millions on Developing Renewable Energy November
27, 2007, SF
Gate - Google Inc. says it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop renewable energy as part of an ambitious plan to clean the environment and reduce the company's own power
bill...click
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Berkeley
Going Solar - City Pays Up Front, Recoups Over 20 Years
October 26, 2007, SF
Gate - Berkeley is set to become the first city in the nation to help thousands of its residents generate solar power without having to put money up front - attempting to surmount...
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Sustainable
Building Industry Council 'Beyond Green' Performance Building
Awards
October 20, 2007, SBI
Council
- This unique program recognizes the initiatives that shape, inform and catalyze the high-performance building market, as well as...
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Senate and House Energy Bills Provide Large Energy Efficiency Savings and Emissions Reductions
July 16, 2007, ACE^3
- An analysis released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) finds that energy efficiency provisions in pending energy legislation in the Senate and House can reduce U.S. emissions of...
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Coming
Together to Stop Global Warming: Five Things You Can Do July
6, 2007, The
Gavel - Last week, Speaker Pelosi signed the “Live Earth Pledge,” rededicating herself and Congress to combating global warming. The “Live Earth” pledge includes demanding that the United States “join...
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Oregon
Approves 50% Solar Tax Credit July
3, 2007,
RenewableEnergyAccess.com - Oregon's legislative session has ended -- and June 2007 will be remembered as one of the sunniest month on record.
Building on the momentum of its new Renewable Energy Standard, Governor...
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Moonlighting
in Solar June
13, 2007,
MarketWatch - For chip manufacturers, wafers 'have been
like gold' of late. Not long ago, used chip wafers were
considered all but worthless, sent to landfills... click here
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Home
Depot to Display and Environmental Label
April 17, 2007, New
York Times
- Home Depot will introduce label for 3,000 of its products that promote energy conservation; expects to include 6,000 products by 2,009, making it largest green labeling program in American...
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Oscars Going from Red to Green Carpet
February 23, 2007, Yahoo!News
- The Oscars are the pinnacle of celebrity events, when the entire world looks towards Hollywood for style and fashion cues. And while something like the environment may not be fashion, it is fashionable. Though...
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New
Study Shows How Florida can Meet Half of Future Energy Needs
with Efficiency and Renewables
February 5, 2007, ACE^3 -
A major new study released today shows that a combination of energy efficiency and renewable energy can reduce Florida’s future electricity needs by almost half (45%) over the next 15 years...
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San
Francisco Joins the Green Trend New Development: Many
Companies Eager to Build in Environmentally Friendly Manner
February 4, 2007, SF
Gate - San Francisco is aiming to become one of the nation's first large cities to require that new, privately developed buildings meet rigorous standards of environmental friendliness...
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Tackling Climate Change in the U.S. - Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030
February 2, 2007, ASES -
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) released a significant report this
week that addresses human-caused climate change solutions through energy efficiency and renewable energy using current off-the-shelf technologies...
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U.S.
EPA and Partners Kick Off Green Building Design Challenge
January 24, 2007, EPA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and partners are calling on the nation's architects, builders and others to participate in a competition seeking designs that facilitate reuse and minimize waste. The "Lifecycle Building Challenge" - co-sponsored by...
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Eco-Friendly
Napa Valley Hotel Caters to Conscientious Travelers
January 3, 2007, USA
Today - Today's hotels are trying for a new kind of audience: those who put their bucks where their beliefs are. And if you're thinking "green," chances are you want to stay...
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He's
Still Following the Sun
January 3, 2007, LA
Times - Berkeley - In the beginning, to explain the concept of a solar water heater, Gary Gerber toted a homemade graphic of a black hose sitting on a lawn.
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Ontario
Set to Veto Ban on Clotheslines April
18, 2008, The
Toronto Star - Ontarians will soon be able to air their linen in public. Premier Dalton McGuinty is to announce today that...
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Ontario
Government Announces Solar Initiatives July
11, 2007, The
Canadian Solar Industries Association - The McGiunty Government has announced a number of solar initiatives which are designed to help Ontarians save energy, save money and to assist in meeting...
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Homes
with Solar Panels to Get Subsidy March
17, 2006, The
Star,
by Peter Gorrie - Ontario to pay for power produced - move expected to kick-start industry. Ontario will soon offer Canada's first subsidy to...
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Jet stream, America's
Storm maker, Moving Slowly Northward April
1 7, 2008, SF Gate -
The jet stream - America's stormy weather maker — is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. That potentially means less rain in the already dry South and Southwest and more storms in the
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Now
Is the Time - Article for Green Building Expo July
25, 2007, ASEA Member Geoff Sutton - By attending the
Green Building Expo this weekend you are very likely aware
that there is a profound shift occurring around the
world. Maybe it is that you personally are feeling a
sense of... Click here
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U.S.
Headed for Fiscal Crisis? July
7, 2007, CBS
News Video - David Walker, comptroller general of the
U.S., totaled up our government's income, liabilities and
future obligations. He concluded the numbers don't add
up. Steve Kroft reports... Click here
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It
Won't Be Easy Being Green May
24, San
Francisco Chronicle - In Berkeley's green future, there will be no incandescent lightbulbs, Wedgewood stoves or gas-powered water heaters. The only sounds will be the whir of bicycles and the purr of hybrid cars -- and possibly curses from residents...
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Chavez:
China to Become a Top Oil Client
March 23, Yahoo
Finance - President Hugo Chavez said China is set to rival the United States as Venezuela's top oil buyer as he announced new plans with the Asian powerhouse to jointly ship oil, build refineries and expand crude production.
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Targeting
Electric Reliability: Energy Efficiency as Peak Demand
Resource
February 28, American
Council for an Energy Efficient Economy - Energy efficiency programs can be effective resources for reducing peak demand as well as overall load, according to a new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
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Western
States Team Up to Fight Global Warming - California, 3
Neighbors Share Strategies, Urge Federal Action December
2, San
Francisco Chronicle - California and three other Western states will collaborate on ways to fight global warming and use energy more efficiently under an agreement regulators signed...
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The
Time is Now October
12, ASEA Member Geoff Sutton - As the Earth continues its growth in population, we are also taxing its resources to an ever higher plane. Global consumption is at record levels and continues...
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The
Green Stamp of Approval September
11, 2006, BusinessWeek
online
- Architects and their clients are scrambling to win eco-friendly certification. The makers of the Prius hybrid car are big on green buildings, too. At Toyota's U.S. headquarters...
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The
Greenest House on the Planet September
11, 2006, BusinessWeek
online
- Steve Glenn's LivingHomes sets a new standard in eco-friendly homebuilding.
It waters itself. It powers itself. If only it could...
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Take
Action - Fight Global Warming September
18, 2006, SaveOurEnvironment.org
- Fight Global Warming! We're heating up our atmosphere more every day, with devastating human and environmental consequences. Right now, Congress has a chance to do more than just talk about this issue. Crucial legislation...
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Peak Oil Forecasters Win Converts on Wall Street to $200 Crude
Aug. 31, 2006, Bloomberg --
On a sweltering Tuesday in mid-July, in the fields outside Pisa, Italy, Willem Kadijk scribbles notes as a ragtag troupe of doomsayers predict the end of the Oil Age.
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Shell
Shocked July 31, 2006,
Forbes
-- Scrambling to catch up after its oil reserves scandal, Shell is running ever faster to stay in place. Is there salvation in natural gas?
It took $200 million, a Finnish icebreaker equipped with a 175-ton crane and a floating hotel...
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Peak
Oil? August 16, 2006,
FourCorners
-- The era of cheap oil may be over and a growing number of analysts predict production is about to peak before significantly falling behind
demand. Click
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The
Heat is on the Grid July
28, 2006, energybizinsider
-- When the heat is on, the transmission grid is tested. And it passed without serious incident during the unseasonably hot temperatures in mid July...
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Don't
Forget the "Twin Peaks" of Oil Production March
23, 2006, by Jan Herdal, Energy
Bulletin -- Peak Oil is the buzzword among oil critics today, describing the point when global gross oil production peaks and starts on its irreversible decline...
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renewable energy news including top stories, briefly noted,
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Renewable Energy News offers a free "Renewable Energy
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Interstate Renewable Energy Council's (IREC) Going Solar and Department of Energy's Million Roofs (MSR) Newsletter.
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