Comfort and energy efficiency on the rise in new Australian homes
New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has revealed new Australian homes are up to 50% more airtight than those tested in 2015.
Aug 13, 2024
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Engineering
New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has revealed new Australian homes are up to 50% more airtight than those tested in 2015.
Aug 13, 2024
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Automotive
Sales growth of electric vehicles in the U.S. has started to slow, and polls show it's due in part to anxiety over running out of battery power and too few charging stations.
Mar 11, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
For 27 years, the heat in Regina Fred's Queens apartment building came from a noisy steam radiator that she couldn't control and sometimes didn't come on at all, leaving her shivering. Sometimes, the radiators ran so hot ...
Mar 11, 2024
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Engineering
Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
Mar 8, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Shelby Bean could not help but feel a bit jealous.
Oct 31, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Gas connections for all new housing and sub-divisions will be banned in Victoria from January 1 next year. The long-term result of the state government's significant change to planning approvals will be all-electric housing. ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal—also known as ground source—heat pumps. It's a technology that relies on a simple physical fact: Dig several feet ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Business
The technology of electric vehicles is poised to displace the internal combustion engine, but like all examples of technological displacement and diffusion, there are several conditions that must be met before people abandon ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Engineering
As cities grow, new buildings gradually replace the older ones. Ideally, the new buildings are higher quality, more sustainable and better suited to today's needs. But there's a risk current approaches to urban renewal will ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Business
In recent years, cafes, supermarkets and online shops have started to trial drone delivery in a handful of locations around the world. More than a dozen drone delivery companies are now running such trials.
Oct 27, 2022
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