New tech for old buildings means gains for the wallet and climate
"Smart" technologies in homes reduce energy use and bills, prompting stepped-up European research in the field.
Aug 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
"Smart" technologies in homes reduce energy use and bills, prompting stepped-up European research in the field.
Aug 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Aircraft flaps and emergency power units are part of efforts to reduce the aviation industry's contribution to global warming.
Jul 14, 2023
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Business
A building block of modern society and a sizeable contributor to climate change, steel is prompting a hunt for cutting-edge technologies to decarbonize the sector.
Jun 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As the world faces an increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy sources, scientists are turning to the power of photosynthesis for inspiration. With the goal of developing new, environmentally friendly techniques ...
May 10, 2023
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Engineering
According to a study recently published in Remote Sensing, researchers led by Prof. Xiong Wei from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a study to verify and calibrate the ...
May 5, 2023
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Robotics
As evidence mounts that gas drilling and sewer systems leak far more greenhouse gases than previously believed, a team of Princeton researchers has developed a method to pinpoint leaks both big and small for speedy repair.
Apr 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Using solar and battery power can reduce costs and emissions associated with providing power to refugee camps, researchers have found.
Mar 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Aotearoa New Zealand is likely to have a competitive advantage when it comes to generating clean, green hydrogen and this edge should help the country reduce its future reliance on fossil fuels, says a leading sustainable ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
There are plans in Ă…rdal to build a waste incineration plant based on a new technology that captures and stores CO2, thus removing the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
Feb 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In the future, ammonia could play a decisive role in the transition from fossil fuels to climate-friendly alternatives—as long as it is produced from green hydrogen, for example, using renewable energy sources. Ammonia ...
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Greenhouse gases are gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. Common greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. In our solar system, the atmospheres of Venus, Mars and Titan also contain gases that cause greenhouse effects. Greenhouse gases greatly affect the temperature of the Earth; without them, Earth's surface would be on average about 33°C (59°F) colder than at present.
Human activities since the start of the industrial era around 1750 have increased the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The 2007 assessment report compiled by the IPCC observed that "changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, land cover and solar radiation alter the energy balance of the climate system", and concluded that "increases in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations is very likely to have caused most of the increases in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century".
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