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Decarbonizing Building Heat — RAP EU Lead Jan Rosenow On Heat Pumps, Hydrogen, Insulation, & Gas Networks

July 28, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, consumer technology, demand response, district heating, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heat pumps, home energy management, hydrogen, INTERVIEWS, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:44:09 +0000

Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]

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Buying or Installing a Heat Pump Water Heater? Check Out This Tool

July 27, 2024 admin energy efficiency, green economy, heat pump water heaters, heat pumps, investment

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:13:51 +0000

A new PNNL-developed resource sizzles with information for selecting and installing an energy-efficient technology to meet household hot water needs Efficient heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) desire nothing more than a warm reception in America’s homes, but sometimes they end up on the outside looking in. It isn’t due to … [continued]

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New Tool Helps with Selection & Installation of Heat Pump Water Heaters

July 27, 2024 admin heat pumps, pacific northwest national laboratory, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:53:37 +0000

The Department of Energy aims to reduce barriers to technology adoption by providing customized, comprehensive guidance for sizing, selection, and installation The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new web-based tool that offers comprehensive information about how to size, select, and install electric heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) … [continued]

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Government of Canada Launches Strengthened Heat Pump Program with PEI

July 26, 2024 admin buildings, Canada, clean power, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pumps, investment

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:00:48 +0000

Making the switch from home heating oil to a heat pump will save Canadians thousands of dollars each year on their energy bills. By driving down both energy bills and harmful pollution, the benefits of switching to a heat pump are clear, and the Government of Canada has been bringing … [continued]

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Elastocaloric Technology To Heat Pumps: Hold My Beer

July 25, 2024 admin ames national laboratory, elastocaloric cooling, Energy, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pumps, hvac, research, SCIENCE, university of maryland, US Department of Defense, US military, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:25:54 +0000

High-efficiency elastocaloric technology could replace heat pumps and other HVAC systems in some applications, eventually.

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Getting Off The Gas — A Tale Of Two Cities

July 24, 2024 admin Australia, CANBERRA, energy efficiency, heat pumps, induction stoves

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:08:37 +0000

“Getting off the gas” seems to be easier said than done. A bit like giving up smoking, or Dry July. But two recent examples in Australia show how it can be done — there are hard ways and easy ways. But no patches or vapes for this one. Why does … [continued]

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ETH Zurich Heat Pump Technology For Process Heat Applications

July 24, 2024 admin energy efficiency, eth zurich, green economy, heat pumps, industrial heat pump, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:45:53 +0000

A new industrial heat pump design from ETH Zurich promises to be more flexible and more energy efficient as well.

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Decarbonizing Building Heat — RAP EU Lead Jan Rosenow On Policy Sausages & Hydrogen

July 20, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, consumer technology, energy efficiency, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heat pumps, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, subsidies, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:45:01 +0000

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Deep Red State Catches Electric Heat Pump Fever, Bigly

July 18, 2024 admin clean transport, decarbonization, deep decarbonization, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, esg, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, scout motors, SOUTH CAROLINA, usa, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:47:33 +0000

In yet another sign that the electrification trend is widening and deepening, the new Scout Motors electric vehicle factory in South Carolina will apply new heat pump technology to help decarbonize its HVAC system.

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With Commercial Partners, DOE’s Building Technologies Office Readies Two Lab-Developed Innovations for Market Introduction with $1.7 Million from Technology Commercialization Fund

July 7, 2024 admin buildings, California, california energy commission, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pumps, home energy management, investment, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:43:47 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) released $1.7 million for two projects with funding from the recently announced FY24 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call invited proposals from national laboratories to advance energy technologies and strengthen existing … [continued]

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