We love air! But boiling herbs and buying more plants will not improve your indoor air quality. Find out what will. Tanvir Khan, air quality engineer and researcher at FSEC, talks about essential oils.
New York Times | October 5, 2020
FSEC in the News
DOE Says Combining Floating Solar With Hydroelectric Could Provide 40% Of The World’s Energy Needs
A study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests that if floating solar was installed on hydro reservoirs globally, the hybrid systems could generate anywhere from 16% to 40% of the world’s demand for electricity. FSEC’s John Sherwin, program manager of testing and certification, agrees and speculates the generation to be on the middle to lower end of that scale, without first researching how solar panels respond to the stress of being on the water, as well as other variables.
CleanTechnica | October 5, 2020
Sustainable Living Radio Show
Janet McIlvaine, buildings analyst, and Colleen Kettles, Director of Workforce and Business Development at FSEC, discuss green jobs: integration into construction, home energy rater, green building programs, certificate programs, solar career map, apprentice programs, alternative fuel vehicles.
WMNF 88.3 | October 5, 2020
Experts: Solar energy offering cheaper, cleaner energy alternative for Floridians
James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy said, “The price of solar has gotten to the point where it’s cheaper than combined cycle natural gas plants, and this turnover, this change or this grid parody, if you will, occurred about in 2015,” Fenton said. The change has turned something people once saw as a luxury into a bargain.”
WESH 2 News | December 6, 2019
Coral Gables says it loves rooftop solar. A frustrated homeowner finds otherwise
Posted in Miami Herald
Coral Gables rooftop solar rules frustrate homeowner | Miami Herald
Author: Jenny Jenny Staletovich
Colleen Kettles, director of workforce and business development at FSEC, comments on consumers rights regarding solar panel installation and HOA guidelines.