On a dry, scrubby plain on the edge of the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, 24,000 mirrors track the Sun’s progress across a clear, blue sky. The neat ranks of heliostats and the computer algorithm that moves them make the Sierra SunTower plant a focal point for a novel type of power generation and [...]
Reporting from Washington – Looking for new ways to help plug the leaky job market, President Obama pressed Congress to provide money to homeowners to improve energy efficiency — and the economy — by replacing doors, caulking windows and padding their attics with more insulation.
Obama admitted that the “idea may not be very glamorous” but [...]
Bond Program Expanded To Aid Contractors
(NAPSI)-There’s good news for small construction or supply companies that require a completion bond–also known as a surety bond–to bid on a project.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Small Business Administration (SBA) can temporarily guarantee bonds on contracts of up to $5 million for small businesses [...]
Dec. 24–The countdown continues for the Top 10 Stories of 2009 selected by the Tribune editorial staff.
The Nacimiento Water Project — the county’s largest public works effort — heads into its final months of construction in 2010.
But even as residents and businesses prepare to use the millions of gallons of drinking water that the 45-mile [...]
Convincing every city in Santa Clara County to adopt green building standards turned out to be easy. But agreement on how to ensure a green building is indeed green and not just “green-ish” is proving tough.
“It’s a much more difficult question,” said Shiloh Ballard, who, on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, shepherded the [...]
New homes fell 11.3% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 355,000 as a popular tax break for first-time homeowners was set to expire, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday.
It was the lowest sales pace since April and followed months of steadier sales boosted by the tax break that was set to expire on [...]
While we at the California High-Speed Rail Authority don’t second-guess the will of the voters the way Jon Coupal seems to – instead we make it our mission to carry out the will of the voters – we actually agree with the position of the taxpayer advocate who doesn’t want a single cent of the [...]
Tom Barr and Brian Willaby are developing the 155-lot Pearson Park subdivision, where they expect build-out to occur much slower than Barr’s previous projects. Infrastructure is in place and home construction should start this month.
Tom Barr is no stranger to developing homes in northeast Springfield.
Barr developed the 100-lot Pearson Meadows subdivision in 2004, where all [...]
CHICAGO — The Sears Tower, that bronze-black monument that forms the 110-story peak of the skyline here and stands as the tallest office building in the Western Hemisphere, will soon have another unique feature: wind turbines sprouting from its recessed rooftops high in the sky.
The building’s owners, leasing agents and architects said Wednesday that they are [...]
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