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#Greentown10: 10 Years of Partnerships for Climate Action

Greentown Labs

When Greentown moved out of our original warehouse in 2011, Silverman Trykowski Associates designed our building in Boston partly pro-bono, and they’ve designed all of our locations since—including Greentown Houston!—all Late in 2011, Wolf Greenfield becomes a partner and provides members with pro bono legal services. 2013 2013.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

Mechanical ventilation and air conditioning tend to be electrically driven and operational throughout the building’s occupied life, which makes them both expensive to operate and, depending on the combined efficiency of the national power generation plant, a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

Mechanical ventilation and air conditioning tend to be electrically driven and operational throughout the building’s occupied life, which makes them both expensive to operate and, depending on the combined efficiency of the national power generation plant, a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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A Texas-Sized Gas-for-Electricity Swap

GreenTechMedia

What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating? 14 HSPF mini-split heat pump) heat pump models against two weather data sets — a typical meteorological year, and 2011, which had extreme weather in winter and summer. cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity and 8.4

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How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

The Verge: Energy

The Nest Learning Thermostat may have grabbed all the headlines when it launched in 2011 and kick-started the current home automation trend. The sensors also work with the thermostat to shut off the HVAC if a door or window is left open, something Nest’s never did. Ex-Apple engineers! Entirely new design for a thermostat!