February 19th, 2012 by admin
Those of you who like to live “greenly” and get your energy rates New York through green energy companies might already know, but for those who do not: LEED means Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED is a rating system used to rank high-performance facilities that make good use of green and alternative energy with minimal waste production or negative impact on the environment.
Features of an LEED-certified building can include anything from a comprehensive recycling program to windows and heating that make valuable use of passive and active solar energy and so on. Many government facilities across the country are built to LEED specifications and more are being built each day to recognize and exemplify the importance of preserving and co-existing with the environment. Below is a short list of five of the top-rated government facilities, and their locations, in the country that have all been awarded LEED gold certification. Gold ranking is second only to platinum and represents the virtue and excellence of those willing to make difference both in the government world and the natural world.
1. NOAA Satellite Operations Center – Suitland, Maryland
2. Potomac Yards I & II – Arlington, Virginia
3. Center for Disease Control Building 110 – Atlanta Georgia
4. DHS Omaha District Office – Omaha, Nebraska
5. Bureau of Land Management Escalante Science Center – Escalante, Utah
August 25th, 2011 by admin
The industry standards for utilizing solar enhanced energy systems are strictly regulated by the federal and state governments. Industry standards are a set of rules and regulations that are designed to be followed by manufactures when producing a product. The industry standard rules are meant to keep workers safe when they are producing the solar energy products. They ultimately ensure that the final products will be safe for the consumer that will use the products.
Industry standards for solar products are helping to make the products more compatible and Continue reading ‘Industry Standards for Utilizing Solar Enhanced Energy Systems.’
August 23rd, 2011 by admin
Government and industry buildings seldom use alternative energy. Factories that use solar panels or wind turbines often use outdated systems. Businesses and government buildings that use alternative energy are doing something noble to help protect the environment, but if they use an older system they may find that their reliance on outside sources of electrical power is greater than it was before they installed the solar panel, wind turbine or other alternative energy sources.
The businesses and government organizations are not to blame for Continue reading ‘Modernizing Existing Alternative Energy Systems For Government And Industry’
August 19th, 2011 by admin
Electricians are trained in manipulating electrical sources. Most electricity that is used today is made by expending natural resources. The fact is that solar energy is also a natural resource. Some solar energy is made by using light sources that come from expendable natural resources. Some solar energy is made by using a resource that comes from outer space. The source doesn’t really matter to the expert electrician who is trained in knowing how to use electricity and how to repair devices that generate electricity. An electrician also knows how to design devices to use electricity better and more frugally. Continue reading ‘How Electricians Fit Into The Alternative Energy Universe’
August 18th, 2011 by admin
Every U.S. president since George H Bush has signed executive orders calling for the reductions of energy use by government agencies and reductions of harmful green-house gas emissions.
So far many government agencies from the Department of Energy to the U.S. Environmental Protection agency have responded by either installing solar panels, or by buying cheaper renewable energy.
The United States Post office has installed solar power panels on three of its major California mail processing sites. Over a 20-year, period these solar installations are expected to Continue reading ‘Governmental Agencies That Use Solar Power’
