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A Home Buyer’s Guide to Green Homes

The Environmental Blog

Green homes are designed to be sustainable through their energy usage, building materials, or both. Sources of renewable energy and LEED, or Energy Star certification, are two important factors to keep an eye on. Here is a guide to beginning your search for a green home: W here does the energy come from?

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Repowering project underway at Terra-Gen’s 60-MW Oasis Wind

Renewable Energy World

The work involves the repowering of a project first operational in 2004. MW turbines with 112-meter rotors at a 94-meter hub height, and eleven V136-3.6 MW turbines with 136-meter rotors at an 82-meter hub height. said Tim Maag, Vice President and General Manager of Mortenson’s Wind Energy team.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We