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Bochum, Germany stadium to integrate geothermal with renovation

ThinkGeoEnergy

Work is currently underway for the renovation of the Lohrheide Stadium in Bochum, Germany which involves the integration of a geothermal heating and cooling system. The heat pumps are designed to output around 230 kW for heat and around 190 kW for cooling. Mining , industry and war have left their mark on the region’s subsoil.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006.

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Electrolux to phase-out HFC gases from fridges and freezers by 2023

Business Green

White goods brand promises to replace all 'high-impact greenhouse gases' from its cooling products within three years. Jonas Samuelson, Electrolux CEO, called for other companies across the cooling products industry to now step up their own HFC phase out efforts. The Scope 3 target covers two-thirds of products sold by the firm.

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Western Heat Wave Tests California’s Clean Grid Transition

GreenTechMedia

The desert environment won’t cool down much at night, so air conditioning load is expected to crank continuously. It’s like a perfect storm in some ways," said Cisco DeVries, CEO of OhmConnect, which pays customers to reduce consumption during peak events. This is definitely exposing the rough edges of our grid right now.".

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From China’s stand to Walmart’s wish list: A Climate Week news cheat sheet

GreenBiz

As with virtually all gatherings of the climate community during the COVID age, this year’s Climate Week was convened as an online event — one hosted from more than 20 countries across myriad time zones rather than its usual host city of New York. . On the other side of the U.S., New York Gov.

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At a Beverly Hills mansion, where an electric truck is your only source of power

The Verge: Energy

Before the event, GM Energy installed a bidirectional charger, which the company calls the GM Energy PowerShift Charger, as well as its own V2H Enablement kit, which includes a power inverter, a home hub that includes a computer system that manages the loads through the house, and a backup battery.

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Worldwide, AI is Providing Utilities With a Powerful New Tool in the Fight Against Electricity Thieves

Bidgely

billion smart meters to be installed globally by 2025, energy providers now have the opportunity to leverage the trillions of granular AMI data points those meters produce to accelerate transportation electrification , improve customer engagement , advance decarbonization and enable bottom-up grid planning for greater resiliency and reliability.