Embracing green technology, the College of Southern Nevada is introducing its students to the auto technology behind eco-friendly hybrid vehicles, known as hybrid electric vehicles, or HEVs, ensuring its pupils are prepared for the mechanisms they will be maintaining in the future.
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In today’s environmentally conscious world, savvy consumers want home appliances that can help them save time, money and the environment. Thankfully, what they’re looking for is right at their fingertips.
Its natural lighting, V-shaped hallways and loftlike design give a cutting edge vibe to the new Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy. … What’s also cool is what can’t be seen: a geothermal system of 180 wells buried 400 feet deep. … They cool the building through a closed-loop system that sends hot water to be cooled beneath the Earth’s surface.
Former Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will appear in Las Vegas Aug. 10 to participate in the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said today. It’s the second year that the national summit will come to Las Vegas.
Its natural lighting, V-shaped hallways and loft-like design give a cutting edge vibe to the new Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy. What’s also cool is what can’t be seen: a geothermal system of 180 wells 400 feet deep.
For years, politicians and business leaders have repeated the mantra that Las Vegas needed to diversify its economy.
Realtors lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello thinks he has better than a 50-50 chance of getting Congress to extend the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers past its Dec. 1 deadline.
Rob Evon, sales manager at Tuscan Cliffs, said there has never been a better time to buy a home in Las Vegas. His development at Southern Highland offers a collection of custom-designed estates.
American West Homes, one of the nation’s largest privately owned homebuilders, is joining forces with NV Energy to increase energy efficiency in all its neighborhoods through the Energy Plus New Homes Program. The program, developed by NV Energy, certifies homes with energy-efficiency standards that exceed state building codes and the well-known Energy Star program.
According to the Housing Opportunity Index, compiled by the National Association of Homebuilders and Wells Fargo Bank, housing prices are at their most affordable level in two decades.
Home Energy Rating Systems scores are helping homeowners better understand just how energy efficient their homes are — or aren’t.
Las Vegas spotlighted plans to put solar panels on top of carports at city buildings Wednesday, an $11 million plan funded mostly by federal stimulus money that’s projected to cut the city’s electrical costs by $300,000 a year when fully in place.
