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Green Training Expands with Federal Funding
The number of solar training courses has exploded in the last two years thanks to the allocation of federal stimulus money to colleges, private institutions and nonprofit groups to train the next generation of renewable energy workers.
Read More Largest Pittsburgh Building Awarded LEED Gold
PITTSBURGH — BNY Mellon, an assets management and securities management firm, announced that its 525 William Penn Place facility in Pittsburgh has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings category.
The William Penn Place building is the largest building in Pittsburgh and one of three buildings in the region to obtain LEED EB Gold certification.
Read More Feds Approve Ninth Public Solar Project
TONOPAH, Nev. — The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project has received approval from Department of the Interior.
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Indiana School Wins Energy Star Award
BERNE, Ind. — The new South Adams School in Berne, Indiana has earned the U.S.
Read More Developer Secures Financing to Complete Wind Farm
BANGOR, Maine — KeyBank and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Germany’s tenth-largest financial institution, announced the securing of $98 million in financing to facilitate the completion of First Wind’s $130 million, 60-megawatt Rollins Mountain industrial wind site in Lincoln.
Key Bank National Association and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale are jointly acting as lead arrangers for the financing. JPM Capital Corp.
Read More Top Green Building News Stories of 2010
California’s new green building codes, green roofs and wind power at schools led our top stories for 2010.
California is the first state to introduce mandatory green building standards after a new policy was created to achieve a statewide goal of 33 percent renewable energy use by 2020 and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and water use.
LEED Gold Surprise
Solar Installation Completed at Arizona High School
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kinney Construction Services and Kyocera Solar announced the completion of a solar electric system at Sedona Red Rock High School in Sedona, Ariz.
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