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African nations have limitless opportunities in providing solar energy to its people. Long days and effective sunlight equals Fatima, Alseny and Ethel keeping their businesses open all day if they choose. Schools having electricity all day long will allow students to learn in the day time as well as evening.  I personally have been traveling to Africa at least twice a year since 1999.  The electricity situation leaves a lot to be desired. Want to write a long email at the internet? Think again. Write your email in advance then cut and paste into your email window. Electricity is “not sure” therefore it can go off at anytime for an unknown duration. Leaving that unfinished email in “webland” and your thoughts stuck on “no not again, and what had happen was….”. We can’t even talk about picking up our clothes from the tailor. Now if you have the privilege to have a generator you will be fine. But it’s not about you it’s about all of us, a nation, a continent, a world.

Well what exactly can Solar Energy do for an African country?

Solar power of street lights, lamps, refrigerators, and general solar connectivity to homes and businesses can have profound advantages on the local and national communities of each African nation.

This is 2010 Solar Energy has been around for decades and I’m not including ancient antiquity. There’s no reason why everyone can’t have Solar.  Now, let’s keep it positive. Let’s be about solutions and be proactive in getting more Solar to African nations.

Real ways to use Solar with real results:

Before:Kerosene lamps causing fires; After: Solar light for the home, no more kerosence lamps causing fires and generating bad fumes into the air causing sickness and lowering the quality of life.

Before: No light, Moonlight (yes, moonlight is a gift from God). After: Solar Street lights to allow families in rural areas to work longer in the fields if they choose.

Before: No light in schools. After: Solar light in schools increases literacy, higher scores on exams.

Before: No electricity throughout the city. After: Increase in business production adding to better a economy.

To Be Continued.

July 14, 2010, MSYInternational at TRESPA:

This competition among Emerging Green Builders nationwide was to design LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Homes projects with New Orleans’ Broadmoor neighborhood in mind as well as affordability, universal design and elderly occupants. All part of the post-Katrina rebuilding strategies the U.S. Urban Green Council (USGBC) partnered with Envirenew, the Salvation Army’s program initiative. Two issues to analyze and resolve are to dissect the ongoing challenges of quality sustainable homes being high in purchasing and occupancy and the second being the difficulty in lower to middle income New Orleanians returning post-Katrina to build their homes as well as their communities.

The four winners announced this evening will move forward and compete nationally against projects at Greenbuild International Conference and Expo 2010 November 17 – 19 in Chicago, Illinois.  The amazing thing is that four winners from the national competition homes will be built in New Orleans. Once built the homes will be judged on measurement and verification. The final prize will be based on energy, water, IAQ, and occupant comfort.

Winners of the July 14, 2010 New York City Competition:

First Place – Emerging Professionals:

Focus on Essential Values
Current Team Members

• Alan Stevenson-Architect
• Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP; Charlie Marino-Engineer
• AKF Group LLC

RAMPed Up
Current Team Members

• Yavuz Akcora, Rogers Marvel; *Daniel Bersohn, Buro Happol; *Tim Hanna, Buro Happold; *Nicholas McDermott, Rogers Marvel; *Shane Neufeld, Rogers Marvel; *Rossella Nicolin, Buro Happold; *Lauren Page, Buro Happold; *Irmak Turan, Buro Happold; *Jenny Wu, Rogers Marvel

First Place – Students:

Rising to the Challenge
Current Team Members

• Emily Balaban, *Emily Clark, *Jaliya Fonseka, *Rebecca Lai, *Laura Langridge, *David McMurchy, *Andy Oh, *Laura Pellow, and *Steven Zhao; Team affiliation: University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Nola’s Ark
Current Team Members

• Omer Kalafatoglu, MechanicalEngineer
• Chianju Ku, Architect
• Charles Kunken, Cost Engineer
• A Auriemmo, Environmental Engineer
• Jennifer Yang, Architect
• Vincent Chin, Architect

(Nola’s are winners but are not going to the nationals. Thanks J.L!)

Green building (also called green construction or sustainable building) is the act of building structures and using resources or methods that are safer for the environment. The resources used for the building’s purpose is to be efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle. The cycle of the building’s life is from choosing the design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. This act of Green building enhances the way classical building designs were created. Green building focuses and carries out concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort.

New ways to create greener structures are being developed everyday. The common goal is that green (sustainable) buildings be designed to have a better impact on human health and the natural environment:

• Building efficiency in using energy, water, and other resources
• Protection of occupants health and improving employee productivity
• Lowering waste, pollution and the natural environment.

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