The Pro Builder

APRIL 18, 2024

For the past 14 years, an overarching objective of The New American Home (TNAH) program has been to achieve superior levels of energy and water savings, indoor air quality, and occupant comfort without sacrificing aesthetics or livability—or making the home’s occupants expend too much effort in maintaining that high performance.

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GCP Applied Technologies

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Is it possible to create a building with a net energy consumption of zero? Put simply, a “net zero” building—or zero net energy (ZNE) building—is one where the total amount of energy used annually is equal to the energy created by the building from renewable sources on site, including solar, wind or hydro power generation.

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Business Facilities

JULY 11, 2014

Incentives should also be provided to companies hiring disadvantaged workers for the installation of the solar systems, according to the report. The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020.

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UK Construction Blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

As the demand for electricity continues to rise and more renewable energy sources, including as solar and wind farms, will need to be connected in the near future, National Grid is undergoing a power system makeover. Weve got an antiquated energy system built on a few extremely huge power stations.

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