Energy & Green Tech
Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity that could potentially play a significant part in fulfilling the world's energy requirements, but there are still some challenges to fully capitalizing on this potential. ...
Mar 19, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
When the heat of summer hits, air conditioners turn on and energy demand skyrockets, straining the grid. In a warmer world, more efficient cooling options will play an important role in curbing the increase of cooling-related ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Hot summer days can mean high electricity bills. People want to stay comfortable without wasting energy and money. Maybe your household has fought over the best strategy for cooling your space. Which is more efficient: running ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers have considered how flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges will damage the built environment along the coast, but what about climate change's less noticeable impacts below the surface?
Sep 16, 2022
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Engineering
The next office building you visit may have innovative technology making it substantially greener thanks to the help of energy efficiency experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Mar 2, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
About 400,000 Maryland households, and nearly 30 percent of Baltimore residents, pay more than six percent of their income on energy bills, according to a new report by researchers from the Institute for Energy and Environmental ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Engineering
The impact of multi-story building design considerations on embodied emissions, cost, and operational energy has been revealed for the first time. Using a model, researchers estimate that 28% to 44% of yearly heating and ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Engineering
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more companies have offered remote work options for their employees, or have even switched to working entirely remotely—leaving empty office buildings a new fixture in many cities. In ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Heating and cooling of buildings is a major contributor to CO2 emissions in all industrialized countries. To achieve the Swiss government's climate targets—net zero by 2050—Switzerland's building stock must thus also ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Heat pumps are an environmentally friendly way to save energy and money. Nearly 17 million heat pumps were installed in Europe by the end of 2021 because of the growing demand for energy-efficient technologies and the increasing ...
May 8, 2023
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