Clean Condo Life: Taking Heat Pumps To My Vertical Village’s Council
Clean condo life is messy. It takes time. There’s conflict involved sometimes. Emotions can run high. These are our homes we’re talking about, after all.
HVAC
Kia To Increase EV Sales, Improve HVAC Efficiency
In the last couple of years, Kia and Hyundai (same parent company) have really impressed anybody who’s been watching at all. Sure, they’re not anywhere near where Tesla is in terms of volume of sales, but the vehicle technology shows that they’re quite serious about building a decent electric vehicle. … [continued]
Bringing Energy-Efficient Building Technologies Closer to Commercialization
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accelerating emerging technologies from lab to market through its Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). With an overarching goal to increase the number of commercialized energy technologies developed at national laboratories, the TCF Program awarded funding to support two NREL Buildings projects. Because buildings use 75% … [continued]
Researchers: Passive Solar Energy Could Provide ⅓ Of Home Heating Needs
Tapping into passive solar energy could be a step to carbon-free heating
Encycle Announces New Autonomous Swarm IQ™ RTU Fault Detection Tool
SAN MARCOS, California — Encycle Corporation, a software technology company focused on helping commercial enterprise and utility customers dramatically improve the efficiency of their HVAC systems using IoT-enabled services, today announced a new set of patented, data-driven tools that allow facility managers to gain unprecedented visibility into the maintenance and … [continued]
Electrification & Energy Reduction Go Hand-In-Hand To Reduce Household Impacts
In another article, I went through what I learned from buying a house with limited electrical service. Long story short, the status quo of getting energy from natural gas, water service, and even sewer service is baked into many if not most homes, and it’s hard for the owner (and … [continued]
Why High-Efficiency Cooling Is A Climate Priority
Originally published on RMI.org. By John Matson The world leaders of the Group of Seven, better known as G7, released a long communique following their recent meeting in Cornwall, detailing their plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic and “build back better.” In a departure from the previous G7 meeting in 2019, which ended … [continued]
Technology Commercialization Fund Awards NREL $5 Million To Bring More Tech To Market
Article courtesy of NREL, the U.S. Department of Energy. This year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded 16 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) awards through its Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The $5 million funded by DOE — roughly a third of the available TCF budget allocated to the DOE Office … [continued]
The US CLEAN Future Act — What’s In It?
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute Blog. By Dan Lashof, Devashree Saha, Karl Hausker, Greg Carlock, Kevin Kennedy, and Tyler Clevenger U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, together with subcommittee chairs Bobby Rush and Paul Tonko, introduced the CLEAN Future Act on March 2, 2021. While numerous climate bills are introduced … [continued]
What About Florida? Solar Energy & Regulatory Backwardness In The Sunshine State
In the 93-page report, Parker examines the matter of solar energy resources and hurricanes in the Sunshine State, and then takes a look at rooftop solar power potential, electricity costs, and average energy usage of Florida homeowners.
