Energy & Green Tech
As the UK's National Metrology Institute, NPL has a significant role to play in supporting climate change mitigation action and enabling the innovations which will help industry deliver on their goals of reducing greenhouse ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from Concordia University's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering have found a way to significantly reduce carbon emissions produced by residential and non-residential buildings, while also ...
Mar 2, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
In a constantly evolving world, rapidly growing populations coupled with urbanization and industrialization are leading to an ever-increasing demand for energy. The challenge today lies in meeting these energy requirements ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Investments in new technologies and infrastructure that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions—everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps—are growing rapidly in the United States. Now, a new database enables these ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear power is the single largest source of carbon-free energy in the United States and currently provides nearly 20 percent of the nation's electrical demand. Many analyses have investigated the potential of future nuclear ...
May 2, 2023
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Engineering
By 2030, climate change will make one in 25 Australian homes "uninsurable" if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, with riverine flooding posing the greatest insurance risk, a new Climate Council analysis finds.
May 3, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In September, the governing board of Santa Cruz Metro made a big bet on the future of green public transit when it approved the purchase of 57 buses fueled by hydrogen—the largest order of hydrogen-fueled buses made so ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Business
Switzerland plans to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by no later than 2050. To achieve this, it will need to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In its climate strategy, the Swiss government acknowledges ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Engineering
Special permeable concrete pavement can help reduce the "urban heat island effect" that causes cities to sizzle in the summer, according to a Rutgers-led team of engineers.
Aug 1, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
In the drive to transition from conventional gasoline engines to low-carbon fuel vehicles, those that run on rechargeable batteries may have the edge—at least for a while.
Apr 27, 2022
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