Via Fast Company, a look at the world’s largest green roof project in the world: Vallco Shopping Mall, in the heart of suburban Silicon Valley, is a classic example of the dying shopping center. Half the stores are empty, the food court is abandoned, and people leave Yelp reviews talking about their fear of zombie […]
Read more »Via Slate, an article on an interesting San Antonio’s new business model for renewable energy: The business model surrounding rooftop solar has changed dramatically in the past decade. Several years ago early adopters had to spend a lot of money to buy expensive home systems—with no hope of recouping their investments. As prices of silicon panels […]
Read more »Via Solar Love, a look at an interesting concept termed “uber of rooftops”: The peer-to-peer sharing economy is simply a function of the marriage between GPS and smartphone technology. Got a car and are willing to give someone else a ride? Uber will direct you to people nearby who need a ride and are willing to […]
Read more »Via UtilityDive, an interesting look at the trend towards loans with projections that, by 2020, the rooftop solar market will be $10 billion and half may be owned through loans: The U.S. residential solar market is once again re-inventing itself, even as its growth skyrockets. The third party ownership (TPO) financing structure that revolutionized the business has peaked. […]
Read more »Via Business Insider, a report on an interesting new initiative from Google: You can now “Google your roof.” To encourage more people equip their homes with solar panels, the company just launched a new initiative dubbed Project Sunroof. Search your home address and Google’s tool will spit out information to will help you decide whether solar panels could be […]
Read more »Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at the rise of rooftop farming in Chicago: For more than a decade, Chicago has been at the forefront of the green-roof movement. Now the city is poised to take an active role in the next environmental push — using roofs to grow food. Rooftop farms are popping […]
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