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Why Electrifying Everything Is A Critical Pathway To Decarbonize The World & Our Lives

January 18, 2023 admin buildings, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, electrify everything, energy efficiency, heat pumps, research, rooftop solar, wind energy

Credit to Author: Naomi Cole & Joe Wachunas| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 08:00:25 +0000

A number of organizations have developed “pathways” or “pillars” for reaching net zero emissions globally by 2050. While there is some variation in terminology, there is remarkable consistency around the core strategies. The World Bank summarizes findings from International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) models with required action in four areas: 1. Decarbonize electricity production; […]

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The Magic of Heat Pumps: Transforming Homes & Combating Climate Change

January 11, 2023 admin buildings, California, carbon emissions, chatgpt, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, home energy management, INTERVIEWS, Manufacturing, thermal energy storage, thermal storage, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:40:44 +0000

Harvest Thermal is a company focused on electrifying home heating and hot water systems with its thermal storage heat pump technology. The system reduces homeowners’ energy costs and carbon emissions by shifting heat production to off-peak hours and optimizing energy use through stratified thermal storage and data-driven controls.

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The Living Vehicle Brings Sustainability & Luxury To The World Of Recreational Vehicles

January 9, 2023 admin buildings, California, clean power, joanna hofmann, living vehicle, matthew hofmann, santa barbara

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:30:23 +0000

The open road. Adventure. Nature. Exploration. We all want to live the fullest life and the beauty of humanity is that we each get to seek out our own path. Whether its living in a city, running a farm, or living life on the road, we’re free to explore and to do things our way. […]

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The Top 20 NREL Stories Of 2022

January 6, 2023 admin africa, Agriculture, agrivoltaics, arpa-e, bicycles, buildings, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, decarbonization, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, General Electric, Ghana, greenhouse gas emissions, grid, hydrogen fuel cells, Lithuania, perovskites, Puerto Rico, research, SCIENCE, solar cells, solar efficiency, Solar energy, toyota, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:45:07 +0000

Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. As this busy year at NREL draws to a close, we look back at some of the laboratory’s most impactful accomplishments from 2022 […]

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Harvest Thermal Delivers CO2-Based Heat Pumps With Thermal Storage To Arbitrage Electricity Rates

January 6, 2023 admin Australia, buildings, California, carbon emissions, climate change, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, home energy management, INTERVIEWS, investment, natural gas, usa, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:05:04 +0000

Harvest Thermal uses CO2-based heat pumps from Sanden with hot water heat storage to time arbitrage electricity rates from solar peaks to evening comfort.

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Waste Heat From Data Centers Can Bolster District Heat Systems

January 1, 2023 admin alphabet, Amazon, apple, buildings, data centers, Europe, green economy, meta, microsoft, waste heat

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:05:06 +0000

Globally, data centers are estimated to account for 1 to 2% of electricity usage. The percentage is higher in Europe, where data centers there consumed 104 TWh of electricity in 2020 — about 3% of all the electricity consumed within the EU. Those data centers create a lot of waste heat. Some of it could […]

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Top 7 Building Decarbonization Wins In 2022

December 26, 2022 admin building energy codes, buildings, clean power, decarbonization, heat pumps, inflation reduction act of 2022.

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:30:17 +0000

This past year was another defining year for building decarbonization action across every real estate sector, from weatherizing rural single-family homes to electrifying city skyscrapers to retrofitting affordable multifamily housing. So, as we look ahead to 2023 and the transformation of the buildings sector that needs to take place at the pace and scale required to heed our planet’s […]

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Why Resilient & Efficient US Building Energy Codes Are Important

December 25, 2022 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, building codes, building energy codes, buildings, energy efficiency, home energy management, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 03:25:36 +0000

The first installment of a 5-year, $225 million US program to support building energy code adoption, training, and technical assistance at the state and local level is beginning.

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EU Cracks Down On Pollution of Buildings & Cars, in Major Win for the Climate Before Christmas

December 22, 2022 admin buildings, clean power, EU, eu emission trading scheme, European Union

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:30:58 +0000

Negotiators have agreed to extend the EU’s carbon market to buildings and road transport, with a social fund to help vulnerable households transition to clean mobility and homes.

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$2.4 Million to Accelerate Equitable, Affordable, & Simple Solutions for Home Electrification

December 17, 2022 admin buildings, clean power, clean transport, eas-e prize, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev charging, heat pumps, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 03:21:48 +0000

The American-Made Equitable and Affordable Solutions to Electrification Prize (EAS-E Prize) is offering $2.4 million in cash prizes and technical assistance vouchers to innovators who can help simplify the electrification processes for contractors and implementers. The prize aims to make the process faster and more affordable for homeowners across diverse communities and all housing types. “Electrification is essential to […]