Perovskite Solar Cells Meet Textile Ceramic Technology
A new building material that deploys perovskite solar cells to harvest clean power is taking shape in the field of textile ceramic technology.
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International Code Council Takes A Dive For American Gas Association
The International Code Council ruled against its own staff last week to give a big win to the American Gas Association.
Giant Heat Pump Takes Over Entire Danish Town
Large or small, heat pumps are a key pathway for rapid decarbonization.
Study: It’s Easier For Cities To Reduce Residential Emissions Than Transportation Emissions
It’s easier for cities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through the residential sector than it is through the transportation sector, a new study authored by an MIT professor has found. The primary ability to do so is through better construction practices, not increased housing density, interestingly.
European Energy Efficient Building Spending To Total Nearly $800 Billion
Spending on buildings is a vital part of any country’s or region’s attempts to increase its energy efficiency, and maybe none more so than in Europe, where buildings account for 40% of the region’s final energy consumption and take up 23 billion square meters of floor area. New findings from Navigant Research … [continued]
Energy Efficiency Goals Transforming Building Industry (+ Energy Efficiency & ‘Other’ News Roundup)
Some top energy efficiency news from around the interwebs (other than our own energy efficiency coverage): Energy Efficiency News Aggressive Energy Efficiency Goals Are Transforming the Building Industry, According to Pike Research Despite significant growth and much publicity, the green construction and technology market still accounts for only a … [continued]
Unveil Building Energy Use, Create Thousands of Jobs (2 New Reports)
It’s a simple thing — unveil the energy use of a building to its owners or managers or potential buyers and people will pay more attention to how they can save energy and money; in the process of finding ways to save energy and money, jobs in the energy-efficiency … [continued]
13 Energy Efficiency Stories of the Week
Top energy efficiency news of the past week or so (other than what we’ve covered):
China’s Coal-Fired Energy is Going Out Those Inefficient Windows
Once China decides to tackle an issue, it excels. For example, having decided to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its energy mix, it did so, and in the process, propelled Chinese companies to three of the top five wind turbine manufacturers in the world. From a 78% dependence on … [continued]
