September 4th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
Virtually all manufacturers today build their "durable" white and brown goods with planned obsolescence. They are designed to fail instead of designed for the longest possible lifetime. Concurrently, most now come with 1-year warranties, or longer warranties as a marketing gimmick, with some of the purchase price put aside by the bean counters for the inevitable failures. The reason for all this is increased profit
August 3rd, 2020 | by Kyle Field
In their latest podcast, Third Row Tesla talked with Elon Musk and Sandy Munro about some of the innovations Tesla brought to bear in optimizing the design of the Tesla Model
April 3rd, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
We foresee a softening of new commercial construction, a reduction in cosmetic renovations of existing stock, an increase in renovations focused on improving the net operating income including a strong focus on heat pumps displacing gas furnaces and existing air conditioning and an increased shift to distribution-center business models
July 16th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
A thought experiment published recently by London-based climate charity 10:10 Climate Action raises the question of whether the many lost rivers of London could again become the lifeblood of one of the world's Great Cities by using heat pumps to provide low cost, low carbon heating and cooling.
November 30th, 2016 | by NRDC
Originally published on NRDC. By Christina Swanson and Eric Weiner A new NRDC study shows that water heaters that use [&hellip
October 30th, 2014 | by Amber Archangel
1Sun4All. How much comfort is required to give up if we live in an energy-efficient house? How much would we [&hellip
June 24th, 2014 | by Silvio Marcacci
An innovative facility is turning seawater into sustainable power for district heating to low-income homes just outside The Hague, Holland
February 21st, 2013 | by Jake Richardson
Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city with nearly 600,000 people. Recently, scientists have stated that 40% of Glasgow’s heating needs could come [&hellip
October 9th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
This is why you should care about energy efficiency: a lot of us look at our utility bills every month with a sense of trepidation (or I do, anyway), but the price we pay for having all the resources we want piped right through our walls is, well
