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Generac further expands into grid business with ecobee acquisition

Renewable Energy World

capabilities and yesterday, the company said it is adding smart home technology company ecobee to its family. One of the first companies to deliver smart thermostats, ecobee was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. About a year ago, Generac acquired DERMS provider Enbala to further its smart grid 2.0

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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. The interventions can be anything from a basic upgrade to LED lighting to a more sophisticated upgrade to electric motors and their drives in a manufacturing facility, or improvements in the efficiency of a building’s HVAC system.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

As an outcome of this act, a first-generation building code, the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), came into effect in 2007. The be nefits involved for ECBC Compliant Buildings are: Reduce energy consumption Reduce CO2 emissions Lower costs through energy savings Accelerate deployment of energy-efficient technologies.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

As an outcome of this act, a first-generation building code, the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), came into effect in 2007. The be nefits involved for ECBC Compliant Buildings are: Reduce energy consumption Reduce CO2 emissions Lower costs through energy savings Accelerate deployment of energy-efficient technologies.

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New York Sustainability: Tax Credits, Grants and Green Funding

Green Business Bureau

The IESE Cities in Motion Index used 10 key dimensions to rank cities as sustainable, which include governance, public management, urban planning, technology , the environment, international outreach, social cohesion, human capital, and the economy. New York sustainability exemplifies what it means to be a sustainable city.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. More recently, wind and solar have been added to the grid across Canada as prices for these technologies have become extremely competitive. It also includes the people who manufacture electric cars and buses. and Manitoba.

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It's high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

Business Green

He participated in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. The company's homepage states that it produces "Sustainable Cannabis Powered by Solar," but the story inside reveals that the company "burns natural gas and captures heat to circulate into the HVAC system."