Energy Efficiency – Solar Factor .com https://solarfactor.com Solar power information and news Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://solarfactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-New-Project-32x32.png Energy Efficiency – Solar Factor .com https://solarfactor.com 32 32 Sustainable Women Series: Building & Powering an Award-Winning Net Zero Energy Home https://solarfactor.com/sustainable-women-series-building-powering-an-award-winning-net-zero-energy-home/ Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/09/sustainable-women-series-building-powering-an-award-winning-net-zero-energy-home.html Can a home be beautiful, powered entirely by solar energy, use sustainable heating and cooling systems and save it’s owners roughly $3,500 a year? Why, yes it can. Just ask Joanne Coons, who built her award winning, single-family, Net Zero Energy Home in 2010. Sustainable Woman Joanne talks Net Zero standards, efficient appliances and goods, her 10kW solar panels and more.

]]> Can a home be beautiful, powered entirely by solar energy, use sustainable heating and cooling systems and save it’s owners roughly $3,500 a year? Why, yes it can. Just ask Joanne Coons, who built her award winning, single-family, Net Zero Energy Home in 2010. Sustainable Woman Joanne talks Net Zero standards, efficient appliances and goods, her 10kW solar panels and more.

]]> Sustainable Women Series: 62 Million People (& Counting!) for 100 percent Renewable Energy Cities https://solarfactor.com/sustainable-women-series-62-million-people-counting-for-100-percent-renewable-energy-cities/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/08/sustainable-women-series-62-million-people-counting-for-100-percent-renewable-energy-cities.html The idea of communities, cities, states, or countries being powered by 100 percent renewable energy used to be perceived as fantasy. Enter the Go 100% Renewable Energy Project, which aims to perpetuate the clean energy movement by creating a revolutionary online platform that showcases real-time 100 percent renewable energy progress. So far, the project has mapped 8 countries, 59 Cities, and 61 Regions/States, representing more than 62 million people who have set, reached, or surpassed official 100 percent renewable targets in at least one sector (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling). Discover what’s driving the shift to 100% RE, the common trends emerging, and learn more about the Go 100% project with Founding Director of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute Diane Moss!

]]> The idea of communities, cities, states, or countries being powered by 100 percent renewable energy used to be perceived as fantasy. Enter the Go 100% Renewable Energy Project, which aims to perpetuate the clean energy movement by creating a revolutionary online platform that showcases real-time 100 percent renewable energy progress. So far, the project has mapped 8 countries, 59 Cities, and 61 Regions/States, representing more than 62 million people who have set, reached, or surpassed official 100 percent renewable targets in at least one sector (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling). Discover what’s driving the shift to 100% RE, the common trends emerging, and learn more about the Go 100% project with Founding Director of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute Diane Moss!

]]> Sustainable Women Series: 62 Million People (& Counting!) for 100 percent Renewable Energy Cities https://solarfactor.com/sustainable-women-series-62-million-people-counting-for-100-percent-renewable-energy-cities-2/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/08/sustainable-women-series-62-million-people-counting-for-100-percent-renewable-energy-cities.html The idea of communities, cities, states, or countries being powered by 100 percent renewable energy used to be perceived as fantasy. Enter the Go 100% Renewable Energy Project, which aims to perpetuate the clean energy movement by creating a revolutionary online platform that showcases real-time 100 percent renewable energy progress. So far, the project has mapped 8 countries, 59 Cities, and 61 Regions/States, representing more than 62 million people who have set, reached, or surpassed official 100 percent renewable targets in at least one sector (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling). Discover what’s driving the shift to 100% RE, the common trends emerging, and learn more about the Go 100% project with Founding Director of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute Diane Moss!

]]> The idea of communities, cities, states, or countries being powered by 100 percent renewable energy used to be perceived as fantasy. Enter the Go 100% Renewable Energy Project, which aims to perpetuate the clean energy movement by creating a revolutionary online platform that showcases real-time 100 percent renewable energy progress. So far, the project has mapped 8 countries, 59 Cities, and 61 Regions/States, representing more than 62 million people who have set, reached, or surpassed official 100 percent renewable targets in at least one sector (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling). Discover what’s driving the shift to 100% RE, the common trends emerging, and learn more about the Go 100% project with Founding Director of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute Diane Moss!

]]> Sustainable Women Series: Setting a National Net Zero Energy and Green Building Precedent https://solarfactor.com/sustainable-women-series-setting-a-national-net-zero-energy-and-green-building-precedent/ Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/07/sustainable-women-series-setting-a-national-net-zero-energy-and-green-building-precedent.html Almost ten years ago, Built Green, an environmentally-friendly residential building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, began a project to develop the first net energy townhome complex in the United States. The project was created to revolutionize green housing and prove that green building could be done affordably.

]]> Inspiring Young Women To Pursue Careers in Energy https://solarfactor.com/inspiring-young-women-to-pursue-careers-in-energy/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/12/inspiring-young-women-to-pursue-careers-in-energy.html At last night’s PennWell Awards Ceremony, Kim Greene, a 24-year veteran of the power industry, was named the POWER-GEN 2015 Woman of the Year.

Greene began her career as an engineer with Southern Company in 1991 and ascended to leadership roles at Mirant and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), before returning to Southern Company Services in 2013 to become President and CEO. She was a keynote speaker at POWER-GEN International in 2014.

Today, she serves as chief operating officer of Southern Company and is responsible for overseeing system operations, which include generation, transmission, engineering and construction services, system planning, and research and environmental affairs, as well as the company’s competitive wholesale generation businesses.

]]> At last night’s PennWell Awards Ceremony, Kim Greene, a 24-year veteran of the power industry, was named the POWER-GEN 2015 Woman of the Year.

Greene began her career as an engineer with Southern Company in 1991 and ascended to leadership roles at Mirant and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), before returning to Southern Company Services in 2013 to become President and CEO. She was a keynote speaker at POWER-GEN International in 2014.

Today, she serves as chief operating officer of Southern Company and is responsible for overseeing system operations, which include generation, transmission, engineering and construction services, system planning, and research and environmental affairs, as well as the company’s competitive wholesale generation businesses.

]]> Off Grid Electric Raises $25M to Help Power a ‘Solar Revolution’ in Africa https://solarfactor.com/off-grid-electric-raises-25m-to-help-power-a-solar-revolution-in-africa/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/10/off-grid-electric-raises-25m-to-help-power-a-solar-revolution-in-africa.html DBL Partners, the same venture capital fund that supported SolarCity for many years, has led the largest venture capital funding for distributed energy in Africa. Off Grid Electric announced today that it raised $25 million in a Series C investment.

Off Grid Electric, based in California and Tanzania, is installing solar in over 10,000 homes and businesses per month with what it calls “its radically affordable solar leasing platform.” The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services solar home units in Tanzania and is announcing today that it will be entering

]]> DBL Partners, the same venture capital fund that supported SolarCity for many years, has led the largest venture capital funding for distributed energy in Africa. Off Grid Electric announced today that it raised $25 million in a Series C investment.

Off Grid Electric, based in California and Tanzania, is installing solar in over 10,000 homes and businesses per month with what it calls “its radically affordable solar leasing platform.” The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services solar home units in Tanzania and is announcing today that it will be entering

]]> Off Grid Electric Raises $25M to Help Power a ‘Solar Revolution’ in Africa https://solarfactor.com/off-grid-electric-raises-25m-to-help-power-a-solar-revolution-in-africa-2/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:14:00 +0000 http://cqtest5.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/10/off-grid-electric-raises-25m-to-help-power-a-solar-revolution-in-africa.html DBL Partners, the same venture capital fund that supported SolarCity for many years, has led the largest venture capital funding for distributed energy in Africa. Off Grid Electric announced today that it raised $25 million in a Series C investment.

Off Grid Electric, based in California and Tanzania, is installing solar in over 10,000 homes and businesses per month with what it calls “its radically affordable solar leasing platform.” The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services solar home units in Tanzania and is announcing today that it will be entering

]]> DBL Partners, the same venture capital fund that supported SolarCity for many years, has led the largest venture capital funding for distributed energy in Africa. Off Grid Electric announced today that it raised $25 million in a Series C investment.

Off Grid Electric, based in California and Tanzania, is installing solar in over 10,000 homes and businesses per month with what it calls “its radically affordable solar leasing platform.” The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services solar home units in Tanzania and is announcing today that it will be entering

]]> DOE Releases Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Hawaii https://solarfactor.com/doe-releases-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-hawaii/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/09/doe-releases-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-hawaii.html DOE released a final programmatic environmental impact statement for Hawaii to provide federal, state and county governments as well as the public and developers with a reference document for project-specific environmental reviews.

]]> DOE Releases Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Hawaii https://solarfactor.com/doe-releases-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-hawaii-2/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:08:00 +0000 http://cqtest5.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/09/doe-releases-final-programmatic-environmental-impact-statement-for-hawaii.html DOE released a final programmatic environmental impact statement for Hawaii to provide federal, state and county governments as well as the public and developers with a reference document for project-specific environmental reviews.

]]> Developing a National Energy Education Development curriculum https://solarfactor.com/developing-a-national-energy-education-development-curriculum/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/print/hydro/volume-34/issue-7/departments/another-benefit-of-hydro-partners-in-education.html Kaukauna Utilities believes in making people their highest priority. This has been a focus since the inception of this utility, whose seven hydropower facilities service more than 15,000 customers in northeast Wisconsin.

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