As the ice sheets of the world melt, an enormous amount of pressure will be lifted off of the continental crusts that play host to them, as well as the surrounding oceanic basins. Something similar is broadly true, but to a much lesser degree, of the world’s remaining large glaciers (think of the Himalayas).
Heat recovery ventilation is a type of mechanical, or sometimes passive, ventilation system that aims to recover as much of the heat or coolness (depending upon needs) of the air being vented as possible before release to the external environment.
If you were indoctrinated into the western public education system anytime over the last few centuries, then you likely learned all about all of the amazing “inventions” that originated in Europe over the last half-millennia. If you later went on to give yourself an actual education, then you learned that much of what you were taught was bunk or propaganda.
Double glazing. Triple glazing. Insulated windows. Double-glazed windows. Triple-glazed windows. You’ve probably heard those terms before, but if you aren’t or haven’t been involved in construction and design work, or in the retrofitting of your own house, then you may not know exactly what they mean.
With increased global trade, the spread of so-called invasive pest species has increased greatly over the last few hundred years. While long-distance trade has long been a feature of civilizations and cultures the world over, something that has changed somewhat in recent times has been the cheapness and speed at which it can occur — a situation that is almost entirely due the exploitation of fossil fuel reserves (and before that unsustainable deforestation of very old-growth tree stands).
While LED lighting is arguably far “greener” than incandescent lighting is, both lighting modalities are easily trumped by daylighting solutions, where and when that is applicable.
As a means of further promoting the approaching launch of the model, Audi has released new press images of the all-electric e-Tron prototype that were taken during a “simulated electrical storm” at the high voltage test bay at Siemens’ Berlin switchgear plant.
Presumably following a lucrative offer, Tesla exec Jim Keller — in charge of the company’s Autopilot software, low-voltage hardware, and infotainment teams — is reportedly leaving the company and now headed to Intel.
The Chairman and Global President for the INFINITI brand, Roland Krueger, has announced that the company is now in the process of developing a new all-electric vehicle platform based around the Q Inspiration concept car design.
Company officials at Lockheed Martin have revealed that they are now aiming to release a new flow battery made of nothing but (or nearly so) inexpensive, nontoxic materials — one intended to boost usage of renewable energy, among other things — in “little more than a year.”
