The DOE has joined with local and state leaders in Heathsville, VA, to install a wind turbine as part of the Wind for Schools project.
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Rick Fedrizzi on Winning the Future
Read USGBC Founding Chairman Rick Fedrizzi’s piece on President Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative in the The Huffington Post:
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Keeping Ahead of Tenant Demand with LEED
Jack Beuttell, LEEP® AP
Global Sustainability Manager
HinesOne month ago Hines recertified 717 Texas, a Class A office building in downtown Houston. It had originally been certified to the Silver level in 2009, but after two years, we ratcheted its performance up to Platinum, even as the LEED rating system grew more stringent.
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From Cutting Edge to Common Practice: How Green Building Rating Systems Contribute to Energy Efficient Building Codes
2010 was a big year for building energy efficiency and state and national codes. The success of the year can be directly traced to decades of familiarity with green building programs as well as nationwide uptake of LEED.
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Geothermal Technologies Program
The DOE has announced plans to leverage oil and gas expertise to test reliability and efficiency of geothermal power generation at oil and gas fields under the Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP).
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Offshore Wind Initiatives
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar have announced more than $50.5 million for projects seeking to develop major offshore wind initiatives for rapid and responsible deployment.
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SunShot Initiative for Competitive Solar Energy
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced details of the DOE’s SunShot initiative, a plan designed to reduce the costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75%. This initiative could have solar energy achieve cost competiveness with other forms of energy.
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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology
A successful full-scale test of hyperbaric centrifuge technology at a Jim Walter Resources Inc. coal-cleaning plant in Alabama has demonstrated the value of this revolutionary innovation.
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DOE Funds Gigantic Solar Plant
The DOE has announced the finalization of plans for a $1.45 billion loan towards an Abengoa Solar Inc. solar plant project near Gila Bend, AZ.