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EU Parliament to Seal the Fate of New Carbon Market for Road Transport & Buildings

May 13, 2022 admin buildings, carbon market, carbon pricing, clean power, clean transport, climate change, EU, eu carbon market, eu carbon trading, Europe, market research, policy & politics, policy research, research

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 22:25:46 +0000

Can the European Parliament introduce an effective price on road transport and building emissions? The ETS2 is the carbon market for road transport and buildings, which was proposed last year as part of the landmark Fit for 55 package. Under this new ETS2, fuel suppliers would need to buy pollution permits for each liter of fuel they put on […]

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Hey Elon, Were Boring Bricks Too Boring?

May 7, 2022 admin buildings, consumer technology, elon musk, smartphone apps, tesla, the boring company, Twitter

Credit to Author: Kurt Lowder| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 05:22:51 +0000

First off, I want to state I am an Elon Musk Fan Man. There are days when the only thing that gets me out of bed is reading something new about Musk’s vision for sustainability, space travel, and more. However, being a Fan Man means I cannot just blindly follow Musk’s vision; that is what […]

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Seeing Climate Solutions Clearly Through Biases & Missing Data Is Challenging

May 6, 2022 admin Aviation, bipv, buildings, clean power, clean transport, climate change, cognitive science, daniel kahneman, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, grid storage, hydrogen, investment, mass transit / public transit, nuclear energy, pumped hydro, rooftop solar, Solar energy, vaclav smil, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 16:25:39 +0000

I urge everyone to examine their own biases and blindspots, whether they are in the following short list or not. You’ll help the world more that way.

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New Law In France: Green Roofs On All New Commercial Buildings

May 5, 2022 admin buildings, energy efficiency, France, green roofs, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 19:14:45 +0000

The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels. The new requirement will apply to all new buildings in commercial zones. Initially, the proposal posed by French environmental activists was for the roofs to be completely covered by greenery. The […]

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Salient Energy Partners With HWS In Zinc-Ion Residential Storage Trial

May 5, 2022 admin batteries, buildings, consumer technology, Energy Storage, residential energy storage

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:45:32 +0000

Salient Energy will see its zinc ion residential battery storage system featured in new homes by HWS builders.

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Yotta Energy Raises An Additional $3.5 Million, Is Awarded $1.97 Million For Military Installation

May 2, 2022 admin buildings, clean power, green economy, investment, nevada, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels, yotta energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 17:30:19 +0000

Yotta Energy, headquartered in Austin, Texas, was founded by Omeed Badkoobeh and Vikram Iyengar in 2017. The company makes PV solar panel-level energy storage, a microinverter, and energy management software for the commercial and industrial rooftop market. Recently, Yotta announced two new major developments. The company raised additional funding of $3.5 million, increasing its total […]

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Carbon Footprint – How Can Urban Landscapes Modulate Theirs?

April 28, 2022 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, climate change, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:00:04 +0000

With zero emissions goals come the necessity for cities to speed up their resiliency plans. Is enough being done? What’s the consequence of a failure to adapt?

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How Can Urban Landscapes Modulate Their Carbon Footprint?

April 27, 2022 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, climate change, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:00:04 +0000

With zero emissions goals come the necessity for cities to speed up their resiliency plans. Is enough being done? What’s the consequence of a failure to adapt?

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Lessons from Sweden’s Anti-Putin, Pro-Climate Energy Model

April 26, 2022 admin bicycles, buildings, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, natural gas, Oil, Russia, Solar energy, Sweden

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:10:07 +0000

Learning from Sweden & their Pro-Climate, Energy Model By David Lapp-Jost As Russian tanks continue to roll into Ukraine, western European gas consumers pay the bill to the tune of many hundreds of millions of Euros daily and watch helplessly, unable to cut off the gas without shaving 6.5% off GDP. This war highlights the […]

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Helping Cities Achieve Just & Equitable Climate Futures Through Residential Energy Retrofits

April 16, 2022 admin buildings, Chicago, comed, elevate, energy efficiency, national renewable energy laboratory, resstock tool, us department of energy (doe), us national renewable energy laboratory

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:50:56 +0000

Residential Energy Retrofits: NREL Leverages Partnerships and ResStock Tool To Help City of Chicago Set Priorities for Energy Efficiency, Affordability, Resiliency, Equity, and Transparency Already a pioneer in applied building simulations, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) expanded its partnerships to the city level, utilizing its ResStock™ tool and place-based data to help develop a roadmap for […]