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Learn About the Latest News on the Largest UK Solar Facility by Sonnedix, the Keepmoat’s Brilliant New Bricklayers Addressing the Construction Skills Deficit, Recruiter Predicts Worsening Construction Skills Shortages, and the Building of Ontario’s First Rail Megaproject

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Sonnedix projected that it will generate 124,600MWh of renewable electricity annually, enough to power 35,000 UK homes and reduce CO2 emissions by 48,000 metric tonnes. EPC contractor Ameresco Sunel Energy is building Cowley Complex to help the worldwide renewable energy producer lead the UK’s renewables transformation.

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Greensburg, Kansas Rebuilds Green After Tornado

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Greensburg, a farming community in southwestern Kansas with a population of 900 rebuilt “green” after a tornado barreled through at more than 200 miles per hour and nearly wiped it off the map in 2007. A rainwater irrigation system for its Main Street has never worked. Not everything has been easy, residents say.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers noted that the top three—and this year’s no.

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Federal Facilities – Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and Performance-Based Contracting for Energy Savings

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How will your Federal Department or Agency efficiently implement the numerous facility renovation, repair, and sustainability project required to meet Presidential energy conservation mandates? Presidential Memorandum — Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and Performance-Based Contracting for energy savings.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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We also configured our Renewable Energy Leaders category to rank the metros that are using the most renewable energy, with some surprising results (hint: the top-ranked metro is the home of the oil bidness). (To million toward economic growth projects (including a new streetcar system). billion), Oakland ($22.0

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: The Enertia.

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May 19, 2007. This can take the form of earth-sheltering in general, or some clever system of circulating air like the Enertia concept; coupled with sensible passive solar design, it is possible to approach a "zero energy" home. Energy without oil. For example, no heating system is mentioned. Papercrete Patents.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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General Services Administration (GSA) is to be commended for its leadership in improving energy and environmental performance across its federal building portfolio. GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use. performance building rating system in the United States. Above and Beyond Energy.