Funding Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy Projects in Four Different California Cities

Figtree Energy Resource Company announced today the recent issuance of a $725,000 Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bond that will fund energy-efficient and renewable-energy projects in four different California cities. This PACE bond is the first-of-its-kind in the nation; it represents a new source of money for property improvements and a dynamic job creation program [...]

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Company Earns Gold LEED Utilizing their Own Concentrated Solar PV Products

Amonix Inc., the leading designer and manufacturer of utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, today announced their facilities in California and Nevada have won gold-level certification for their low environmental impact construction, and high energy and water efficiency from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. With the [...]

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Clean Energy Finance Platform Launched by Octus Inc.

Octus, Inc. a California-based resource efficiency company, announced the debut of PACEWorks(TM), a platform to develop, implement and manage Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs. “The linchpin for unlocking the clean energy market is financing,” said Octus CEO Chris Soderquist. “PACE financing — initially for commercial and multi-family buildings, and eventually for residential properties — is [...]

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What the LEED Green Building Standard?

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies intended to improve performance in metrics such as energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to [...]

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Power Feasibility Studies Among List of 120 Completed Technical Projects

DOE Completes Nearly 120 Technical Assistance Projects to Support Federal Agencies’ Clean Energy Goals The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has completed nearly 120 technical assistance projects at 16 federal agencies, helping the federal government to meet its energy efficiency and renewable energy goals and implement leading-edge clean energy technologies. More [...]

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Energy and Defence – Bedfellows for Clean Energy?

At a White House Forum on Energy Security this week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security. America’s military pays a high price in terms of added [...]

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