April 18th, 2022
Via The Gothamist, a report that New York City mayor Eric Adams wants to use rooftop space on public housing to grow cannabis: Mayor Eric Adams’ vision of erecting cannabis greenhouses on top of New York City’s public housing buildings has run into a significant obstacle: The federal government. At an April 9 panel discussion […]
Read more »Rooftop Gardens Can Help Alleviate Heat in Cities
March 25th, 2022
Via EcoWatch, a report on how rooftop gardens can help alleviate heat in cities: If you’ve even spent a summer in the city and been able to relate to the song of the same name then you know the feeling of wanting to escape the heat by sitting in a patch of cool grass under the shade […]
Read more »March 21st, 2022
Via Alizila, a report on one Chinese company’s efforts to utilize rooftop solar panels to power its bonded warehouses: Alibaba Group’s logistics arm Cainiao Network has started to use energy generated by rooftop solar panels installed on its bonded warehouses in China to power the operations within. The two warehouses, located in Hangzhou and Ningbo in eastern […]
Read more »Big-box Stores Could Slash Emissions By Putting Solar Panels On Roofs
March 20th, 2022
Via CNN, a look at how big-box stores could help slash emissions and save millions by putting solar panels on roofs, but many do not yet do it: As the US attempts to wean itself off its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner energy sources, many experts are eyeing a promising solution: your neighborhood big-box […]
Read more »January 24th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on a fight over rooftop solar that threatens California’s climate goals: California has led the nation in setting ambitious climate change goals and policies. But the state’s progress is threatened by a nasty fight between rival camps in the energy industry that both consider themselves proponents of renewable energy. The […]
Read more »Superstores Can Meet Half Their Electricity Needs With Rooftop Solar
January 21st, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how rooftops of big-box stores offer enough solar potential to power the equivalent of 8 million American homes: Expansive, flat and abundant, the rooftops of big-box stores in the United States could produce enough solar energy to meet half their electricity needs, according to a report released Thursday. Walmart […]
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