Ronda Kaysen, May 24, 2012
When the developer, Voltaic Solaire, finishes a $1 million rehabilitation of a 19th-century brownstone at 367 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope next year, the facade will be covered with a solar skin and a solar awning will sit on the roof. The panels will generate 18,000 watts of energy a year, enough to power all six units in the 7,000-square-foot building. Voltaic Solaire is so confident in its ability to create a “net-zero” building that utilities will be bundled into the rent.
SC Utility News Digest - a Service of the Terreni Law Firm, LLC
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Green Roofs in Big Cities Bring Relief From Above - NYTimes.com
Tina Rosenberg
It’s spring — time to plant your roof. Roofs, like coffee, used to be black tar. Now both have gone gourmet: for roofs, the choices are white, green, blue and solar-panel black.
It’s spring — time to plant your roof. Roofs, like coffee, used to be black tar. Now both have gone gourmet: for roofs, the choices are white, green, blue and solar-panel black.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
NRC chairman inspects Midlands nuclear plant - Local / Metro - TheState.com
Sammy Fretwell, May 23, 2012
“A construction site like this will always have a lot of challenges,” Jaczko told reporters, noting that it “is still pretty early in the process as we look at it. At this point, there were no major issues that we’ve identified.”
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Head of nuclear safety agency to step down - Business - TheState.com
Matthew Daly
05/22/12
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under fire for what fellow commissioners called an intimidating, even bullying style, announced his resignation Monday.
05/22/12
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under fire for what fellow commissioners called an intimidating, even bullying style, announced his resignation Monday.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ATC Names Catherine Heigel General Counsel - MarketWatch
PEWAUKEE, Wis., May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Catherine E. Heigel has been named vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of American Transmission Co., effective June 25, 2012. She will have responsibility for legal and state regulatory staffs at ATC.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Trading the pump for a plug is catching on - Business - TheState.com
Kristy Eppley Rupon
May 13, 2012
Plug-in Carolina received a $480,000 federal grant from the Department of Energy to install 65 charging stations. It was able to stretch that money to open 93 charging stations in nine cities throughout the state, Poch said. That includes two charging stations in each of Columbia’s city-owned parking garages.
May 13, 2012
Plug-in Carolina received a $480,000 federal grant from the Department of Energy to install 65 charging stations. It was able to stretch that money to open 93 charging stations in nine cities throughout the state, Poch said. That includes two charging stations in each of Columbia’s city-owned parking garages.
Earthquake threat prompts questions at nuclear plant - Local / Metro - TheState.com
Sammy Fretwell
May 13, 2012
While the Westinghouse Electric Co. plant meets current safety standards, federal inspectors say the company didn’t follow through on recommendations made nine years ago to further reduce chances that radiation would leak during a big quake.
May 13, 2012
While the Westinghouse Electric Co. plant meets current safety standards, federal inspectors say the company didn’t follow through on recommendations made nine years ago to further reduce chances that radiation would leak during a big quake.
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