Top Headlines#1
Green Schools Summit to Convene Educators, Policymakers and Healthy Building Leaders
More than 400 K-12 and Higher Education stakeholders, policy makers, students, parents and green building industry professionals are expected to attend USGBC Colorado’s Green Schools Summit to be held at the University of Denver on Friday, November 14.
Top Headlines#2
Montbello School the Recipient
of Solar Energy
Colorado was the first state to give people the option of moving past the individual panels and receiving solar energy via shared electric systems. Now, a Denver-based company, SunShare, is partnering with Xcel Energy to bring the technology to Denver.
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ONE GIANT LEAP – Green Denver Scrambles on Building Energy Codes
Denver touts itself as one of the nation’s greenest cities — from bike ridership to outdoor lifestyles to mass transit to number of LEED buildings per capita. As recently as 2011, it was named fifth nationwide in an overall green-city ranking .. but that which doesn’t grow, dies.
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Researchers Take Flight to Measure Air Quality Around Colorado
Wing-mounted cylinders draw air that is tested for more than 200 pollutants including aerosols, nitric acid, sulfur dioxide and hydrocarbons such as cancer-causing benzene.
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Colorado #10 in Installed Wind Capacity for Q2
The American Wind Energy Association released its U.S. Wind Industry Second Quarter 2014 Market Report this month and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Texas heads the list. Here are the top 10 states for installed wind capacity.
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Colorado State University, Namaste Solar, Fort Collins Utilities team up on Solar
The rooftops of the Colorado State University Student Recreation Center, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Durrell Center and Braiden, Parmalee and Corbett residence halls will soon be adorned with solar panels that power the university and Fort Collins homes and businesses