February 1st, 2021
Via AVC, an interesting venture capitalist’s view on rooftop solar: I’ve been thinking a lot about the economics of rooftop solar. Our family has invested in rooftop solar over the last five years in an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce our electric bills. When you do that in combination with electrification of […]
Read more »Real Estate Developer Adds 3.7 MW of Solar to Shopping Centers
January 28th, 2021
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on one real estate developer’s plans to maximize shopping center roofspace in New York and Massachusetts: This week, real estate developer Kimco Realty Corp. announced that it has initiated five new solar projects. Four of the projects will be at Kimco properties in the New York metropolitan region, including […]
Read more »January 11th, 2021
Via Inverse, a look at what may be the most ambitious installation of a Solar Roof yet: A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER in Florida has unveiled what he claims is the state’s largest Tesla Solar Roof install — and it’s earned the praise of Elon Musk. The ChoZen Retreat, an environment-focused resort on the 22,000 acre Saint Sebastian nature preserve, […]
Read more »Turning Parking Garages Into Rooftop Gardens
November 27th, 2020
Via Fast Company, a look at a plan to turn parking garages into rooftop gardens: There are more than 41,000 parking spaces in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Many of them could be put to better use, says Julian Anderson, a director at the large Australian architecture firm Bates Smart. “It’s the third largest […]
Read more »October 3rd, 2020
Via Seed Daily, a report on growing interest in rooftop farming in Singapore: On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state’s business district. The 10,000 square-foot (930 square-metre) site is among a growing number of […]
Read more »Rise Of The Rooftop Farmer
July 11th, 2020
Via The Economist, a report on how Singapore looks to the skies—for fields: Benjamin Swan’s farm is on the fourth floor of an office building in an industrial part of Singapore. To see his crops, visitors are escorted past a door unlocked with a thumbprint and through an airlock. (“Our air is certified,” says an assistant.) […]
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