Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:38:03 +0000
Researchers at Ames National Laboratory are have reportedly cracked the code for the energy efficient, refrigerant-free magnetocaloric heat pump of the future.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:32:52 +0000
Is it really possible for homeowners to recreate a traditional Colonial New England home so that it uses renewable energy sources? A residential couple who live outside Boston wondered the same thing. How could they get off fossil fuels and do so in a way that made sense for their … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:19:25 +0000
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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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:28:58 +0000
Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly buoyant and sturdy. Soon after, on … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:04:38 +0000
After Hurricane Ian, we discovered that a sustainable, cleantech-loving community down right in the brunt of the destruction held up superbly when communities around it did not. Now, another horrific hurricane has plowed through Florida a bit further north (right where I live, in fact) and another cleantech-focused community has … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:30:05 +0000
“It is not the role of government” to do so, he says. Days after Hurricane Milton caused widespread damage to areas still rebuilding after Hurricane Ian two years ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday dismissed a suggestion that the state limit development in coastal areas vulnerable to dangerous tropical storms. Hurricane Milton … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:16:31 +0000
The third stop of my heat pump water heater tour across America in advance of Heat Pump Water Heater Day was in Vernon Hills, Illinois, to check out the world headquarters of Intellihot, a company that is making an interesting type of commercial heat pump water heater that needs much … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:01:38 +0000
A miniaturized 24 GHz transmitter is at the heart of a new wireless energy transfer system for energy-saving electrochromatic window technology.
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Read moreCredit to Author: NRDC| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:02:10 +0000
California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. Check out some of the state’s recent wins! California continues to charge forward with significant climate wins: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just released a report showing that California’s emissions continue to fall — a 20% reduction … [continued]
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