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Kallfelz promoted to partner at Donald Powers

Douglas P. Kallfelz has been promoted to partner at Providence-based Donald Powers Architects Inc. He joined the firm in 2003, after nearly a decade...

Deepwater makes pitch for renewable energy bill

The company chosen to build Rhode Island’s first offshore wind farm has signaled its strong support for a bill vetoed by Gov. Donald L....
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Federal stimulus law may<br> start up energy projects

Irish or not, it seems that green is everyone’s favorite color these days. That certainly appears to be true of the folks who wrote...

Sustainability now part of historic preservation

Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects Inc. has made a concerted effort to bring the company and clients into the world of sustainable design...

PBN Executive Poll: <br>Are there financial benefits to going ‘green’?

What is the one thing that would most motivate your company to adopt sustainable practices? • New business opportunities – 41.7% •...
RENEWABLE ENERGY ENTREPRENEUR Robert W. Chew, above, has been named president of the  wind-energy division of Alteris. /

Solar pioneer Chew named wind chief

BRISTOL – Robert W. Chew, a local entrepreneur who has been in the clean-energy industry for more than three decades, has been named president...
"The neighborhood became irate and began to organize, call their elected officials, the R.I. Public Utilities Commission and the press," said Jessica Jennings, a WBNA member. /

Five Questions With: Jessica Jennings

Since early last summer, homeowners on the city’s west side and members of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association have been fighting National Grid’s decision...

U.S. boosts Ocean SAMP budget to $3.9M

WASHINGTON – The $410 billion annual spending bill signed yesterday by President Barack Obama includes $666,050 to support Rhode Island’s landmark Ocean Special Area...

New APC service audits electricity use

WEST KINGSTON – APC by Schneider Electric has launched a new Electrical Efficiency Assessment Service to help companies monitor the energy efficiency of their...
A NEW STUDY says the price of solar panels is falling so quickly that solar energy could match the price of grid power by 2012. /

Study: Solar ‘cheaper than grid’ by 2012

BOSTON — A new study predicts that by 2012 the price of solar power will match or be cheaper than the cost of grid...
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