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More stories about Photovoltaics

  • Using Energy Credits

    Incorporating solar panels at housing tax credit properties offers many valuable benefits

  • Products

    Anti-sweat valve for toilets; cold-weather spray foam; solar-powered dimmer for tubular skylights; standard-width high-performance range; faux slate roofing; more

  • Solar Makes Sense

    Developers could learn a lot from communities like Franklin Hill in Dorchester, Mass. Local affordable housing developer Trinity Financial and the Boston Housing Authority are planning to install an array of solar panels with a cost of more than $1 million on Franklin Hill's 152-unit second phase...

  • Solar-Powered Outdoor Lighting

    From very simple residential steplight systems to serious major lighting installations, there are a number of products designed for grid-free installations.

  • Green Lite

    Victorville, Calif.—Solar panels aren’t easy to spot at La Mirage, a new apartment community here. The array is tucked out of sight on the roofs of the carports that ring the property.

  • Deeper In Debt - In a Good Way

    LAFAYETTE, COLO. Nothing says “green building” like $1 million in solar panels. It’s impossible to miss the panels at Eagle Place Townhomes.

  • Backfill: Solar Cargo Trailer

    Solar cargo trailer

  • JLC Extra: Solar Cargo Trailer

    This schematic shows how to wire the trailer-mounted photovoltaic power system described in July’s Backfill article.

  • Green Building: Island Solar

    At South Mountain, a 100% worker-owned remodeling firm on Martha's Vineyard, employee-owner Phil Forest has discovered that venturing into renewables — including energy audits, solar electric panels, solar water heaters, and wind-turbine generators — fills a niche in the building business that is...

  • Backfill: The View From Above

    The view from above, via Google Earth