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This Central Heat Pump Water Heater In Chicago Was One Of The First To Be Installed In A Cold Climate

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Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:00:46 +0000

The second stop of my heat pump water heater tour across America was in Chicago to check out one of the first installations of a central heat pump water heater (a heat pump water heater that provides hot water for many apartments in a multifamily building) at an affordable housing … [continued]

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Argonne & Partners Create a New Approach to Transportation: Pairing Off-Street Parking with Electric Scooters

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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:10:50 +0000

Argonne teams up with the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative and Millennium Parking Garages to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions Offering electric scooter rentals to parking garage customers can help reduce traffic and carbon emissions in Chicago, according to an Argonne collaboration. Fighting traffic and searching for parking are some … [continued]

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Some Chicago Area Teens Will Learn To Drive With An EV, Thanks To Grants From ComEd

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 02:00:31 +0000

It’s kind of fun to think about how future kids might not know anything about gas-powered cars. When they become the norm, and kids didn’t ride in them growing up, didn’t learn to drive on gas, and didn’t generally know that world at all, things for them might be the opposite than they are for […]

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Chicago Announces Plan to Power City with 100% Renewable Energy

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:48 +0000

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8. The mayor, along with Illinois Gov JB Pritzker, on Monday said the city has an agreement with Chicago utility Constellation Energy, along with Massachusetts-based Swift Current Energy, a renewable energy developer. The two spoke […]

The post Chicago Announces Plan to Power City with 100% Renewable Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Flow Batteries For Electric Vehicles?

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:50:30 +0000

energy storage flow battery electric vehiclesA new flow battery for electric vehicles is getting attention from DARPA, NASA, and the US Air Force.

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

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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 […]

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