North Carolina plans for a renewable energy campus

Russell Thomas is planning North Carolina's first solar-powered business campus. The campus, in Asheville, NC, would consist of thousands of square feet of warehouse, office and retails space on a 12.5 acre tract of land. The campus, called Reems Creek Renewable Energy Campus, would generate enough electricity to power the campus and still have left-over power to feed back to the energy grid. 

Ideally businesses that manufacture and install solar systems would make the Reems Creek Campus home, but Thomas is also seeking other entities that value environmental sustainability for his spaces. The campus is still in planning phase, but you can see more about it at their website www.renewabilities.org/  or read  about it in the Asheville's Citizen Times here.

Solar for Relief

LuminAID Lab has a neat product that has big implications for relief work and other areas that struggle to access electricity. The compact and highly portable lantern inflates to a pillow appearance with an LED light that gives off 4-6 hours of light at a time. Per usual, the LuminAID lantern takes about 3-5 hours to charge, but it holds that charge for quite a while making it quite ideal for transporting out to rural areas, conflict zones or communities recovering from disasters.

Watch the video LuminAID made about their product, or check out their website.