GreenBuild Blog

The Investors are Coming! The Investors are Coming!

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Today’s Wall Street Journal (January 17th) carries an article, “Green Builders Draw Funds,” that documents the rising level of interest by private equity investors as well as individuals in putting money into green building products, materials, systems and companies, especially in the last six months.

Solar Cell Efficiency of 40 percent reached

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that DOE funding had produced a 40% efficient concentrating photovoltaic solar cell.

A green (building) letter day

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Three important articles on green building caught my eye today, involving private equity investments, green building renovations and the City of Palm Desert (California) imposing tougher energy conservation rules on new housing that state law.

I’m releasing my 2007 green building predictions! What are yours?

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Today, I’m releasing my 2007 predictions for major developments in the green building industry this coming year. As a consultant to many leading companies in this industry, I have a great vantage point to see what?s been happening and what’s likely to occur in the coming year. I wanted to release these predictions to encourage others to share their expectations for the growth of green buildings. What are yours?

California Launches $2.2 billion Solar Electric Program

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Effective the first day of 2007, the California investor-owned utilities will buy down the cost of residential and commercial solar power systems in the first phase of a $2.2 billion program to install solar on one million rooftops over the next 10 years.