Items Tagged with "San Francisco"

San Francisco passes law to require solar panels on new buildings

San Francisco recently became the first major U.S. city to require solar panels on new residential and commercial buildings. The city's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation April 19 that had been drafted by Supervisor Scott Wiener to require solar panels be installed on new Read More...

Salesforce hits 100% RE for 2 office buildings

Cloud computing and customer relationship management company Salesforce.com Inc. announced Aug. 7 that two of its office towers in San Francisco are now sourcing 100% renewable energy. The two buildings, which are both also LEED Platinum certified, are sourcing renewable energy through the San Read More...

Bay Area Transit System signs 100 MW of PPAs

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, known as BART, recently executed two power purchase agreements for electricity that will propel the fifth-largest rapid transit system in the U.S. far beyond its goal of getting 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. The sustainability group at BART Read More...