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Reduce, Reuse, Reheat: Department of Energy Recognizes Better Climate Challenge Partner General Motors for Turning Waste Heat Into Power

August 20, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, clean transport, gm, us department of energy (doe), Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:28:02 +0000

Reduce, Reuse, Reheat: Department of Energy Recognizes Better Climate Challenge Partner General Motors for Turning Waste Heat Into Power Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized Better Climate Challenge and Better Plants Challenge partner General Motors (GM) for its achievements and leadership in decarbonization, energy efficiency, and waste reduction. GM’s Fort … [continued]

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New York City Is Home To Largest Passive House Building In The US

August 18, 2024 admin buildings, energy efficiency, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., NEW YORK CITY, passive house, sendero verde

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:11:03 +0000

The largest passive house building in the US is now providing homes to people in New York City, many of whom were previously homeless.

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Rethinking The Passive House Message

August 16, 2024 admin buildings, energy efficiency, green economy, passive house network, passive houses

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:44:51 +0000

The Passive House Network is adapting its marketing program to focus on how comfortable its buildings are in high heat zones.

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U.S. Fire Departments Spent Over Half a Billion Dollars on Gas Leak Responses in 2018, Study Finds

August 12, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, Fossil Fuels, gas leaks, natural gas, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:14:58 +0000

Gas Leaks Cost U.S. Fire Departments Nearly Half a Billion Dollars Each Year Every three minutes, a fire department responds to a suspected gas leak in the U.S. Now, new research suggests these emergencies place a significant burden on first responders and taxpayers. The new peer-reviewed study from scientists at … [continued]

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Home & Utility Upgrades to Support Electrification & Clean Local Resources

August 11, 2024 admin berkeley lab, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, heat pumps, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:03:32 +0000

Advances in electric appliances, electric vehicles (EVs), rooftop solar and energy storage — plus incentives from utilities and governments — are attracting growing consumer interest in these technologies. Consumer investments may include upgrades for electric service panels, especially when installing multiple electrification measures in older homes (see photo). In some … [continued]

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The Climate Menace Hidden in Plain Sight

August 9, 2024 admin buildings, heat pumps, thermal energy storage, thermal storage

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:42:28 +0000

A primer on refrigerants and their impacts on climate change. Refrigerants are everywhere. They’re in our air conditioners and heat pumps, in our fridges — even in our cars! Yet, despite this ubiquity, refrigerants are an oft-neglected subject within electrification strategies despite their major contribution to the greenhouse effect. Perhaps … [continued]

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States to Receive $190 Million to Improve Health, Safety, & Lower Energy Costs in K-12 Public Schools Across America

August 8, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, HEALTH, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, policy & politics, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 03:04:21 +0000

Biden-Harris Administration Announces States to Receive $190 Million to Improve Health, Safety, and Lower Energy Costs in K-12 Public Schools Across America WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced selections for the 2024 Renew America’s Schools Prize and … [continued]

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Breakthrough Energy Venture’s Wilted Garden Of Climate Investments

August 8, 2024 admin Agriculture, batteries, Bill Gates, biofuels, breakthrough energy ventures, buildings, carbon capture (ccs), carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, fusion, geothermal energy, green economy, heat storage, investment, Nuclear, nuclear energy, renewable energy, Shipping, sir richard branson, Solar energy, thermal storage, venture capital, vinod khosla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:34:43 +0000

Recently I sat down with Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid, European cleantech investors, on their podcast Redefining Energy to talk about Breakthrough Energy Venture’s big misses. This followed our conversation about the cognitive biases of the billionaires such as Bill Gates which have persisted due to a bubble of confirmation … [continued]

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NREL Researchers Pave the Way for Carbon-Negative Concrete

August 8, 2024 admin buildings

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:23:21 +0000

BUILD’EM Represents a Promising Step Toward a Greener Construction Industry Outside the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Research Support Facility and its Café, there are two curious brick pavers unlike the others nearby. One of the stones is embossed with the phrase “BUILD’EM”—short for Biomass Upcycled in Lignin for Decarbonizing Energy-Intensive Materials. … [continued]

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Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

August 4, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, clean power, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, us renewable energy, us solar energy, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:26:14 +0000

In 2020, Joe Biden ran for president on the most ambitious climate action platform of any major presidential candidate in U.S. history. As President Biden finishes his term, it’s time to take stock of what his administration accomplished, what is still a work in progress, and what is off track. … [continued]

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