[GWSG] Green housing; networking home batteries; Keystone XL blocked; fossil CO2 release; biodiversity warning

[Tilley, Al]

1. Pearl Homes is building Hunters Point, a community of small, solar powered, net zero homes south of Tampa in Cortez, FL. They are going for LEED certification and are designed to withstand category 5 hurricanes. As we anticipate relocating many coastal communities Pearl Homes is showing us what is possible. They are also building a similar rental community nearby, with two-bedroom units renting in the $1200-1400 range. https://www.fastcompany.com/90263250/this-new-florida-neighborhood-has-zero-emissions-tons-of-smart-tech-and-is-hurricane-proof
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Powered by Google Home, the Hunters Point neighborhood outside of Tampa is a model for how smart buildings can lower emissions and create a clean grid.


The 148 homes, developed in cooperation with sonnen, will be LEED Platinum and have their own energy storage and EV charging station. Pearl Homes’ first LEED Platinum project was Mirabella in Bradenton, FL, which led to their selection as US Green Building Council Builder of the Year in 2016 and 2017.. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sonnen-and-pearl-homes-partner-to-develop-the-first-affordable-carbon-free-home-community-300746367.html
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sonnen and Pearl Homes Partner to Develop the First ...<https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sonnen-and-pearl-homes-partner-to-develop-the-first-affordable-carbon-free-home-community-300746367.html>
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The second sonnenCommunity to launch in the U.S. market will be installed at Hunters Point in the small fishing village of Cortez, FL. It is comprised of 148 homes pursuing LEED Platinum ...



2. In Germany, sonnen aggregates networks of home batteries for the grid. That is not possible in the US, so it is adapting the project of a network of individual solar rooftop units to the needs of homebuilders as they organize community projects such as Hunters Point. Pearl Homes will retain ownership of the batteries in Hunters Point and contract with Florida Power and Light for interaction with the grid. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/battery-storage-for-renters-florida-homebuilder-picks-sonnen-to-supply-720?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily#gs.6tDYfYE
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A Florida homebuilder partnered with sonnen to build “climate positive” homes equipped with solar and battery storage. Pearl Homes expects to complete 148 homes next year at Hunters Point, in ...



3. In a 54-page ruling, a federal judge has blocked the construction of the XL pipeline until the government redoes its review of “potential adverse impacts related to climate change.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-blocked-by-federal-judge-major-blow-trump-administration/?utm_term=.721f688bf230
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A federal judge in Montana said the administration failed to properly justify its decision allowing construction of the controversial 1,200-mile oil pipeline.



4. As fossils in the sea bed erode, they release CO2. The process is happening faster than we had supposed, increasing the rate of global warming. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-climate.html
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New research questions the rate of climate change - phys.org<https://phys.org/news/2018-11-climate.html>
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A global study led by a team from The University of Western Australia and the Marine Biological Association of the UK has found that kelp forests take in more than twice the amount of carbon ...



5. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, the UN biodiversity chief, warns that unless we can put together an effective action plan for the conference on improving ecosystems scheduled in 2020, we may be “the first species to document our own extinction.” She sees the possibility that we will be able to reverse the trend toward ecosystem destruction: “Things are moving. There is a lot of good will.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/03/stop-biodiversity-loss-or-we-could-face-our-own-extinction-warns-un
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Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction ...<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/03/stop-biodiversity-loss-or-we-could-face-our-own-extinction-warns-un>
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The world must thrash out a new deal for nature in the next two years or humanity could be the first species to document our own extinction, warns the United Nation’s biodiversity chief.




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