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Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains

GreenBiz

Across all industrial sectors, new business guides for procurement are needed in order to get a better handle on decarbonization priorities, Valanko said in late May during a session at VERGE Electrify. But there are a lot of industrial operations where commercially available solutions for decarbonizing do not yet exist.

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

Passive design elements and electrification of building systems combined with grid interaction to transform a California electricity provider’s headquarters. With buildings accounting for about 70 per cent of electricity use , it is crucial that they play a role in grid decarbonisation.

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New York is kicking California's butt in building electrification

Business Green

America's twin economic hubs have started a race to electrify their buildings - and so far the Big Apple is winning. This article is adapted from GreenBiz's newsletter Energy Weekly, running Thursdays. New York is 'pulling' customers to electrify buildings. It also reauthorized $1.3bn for existing programs.

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Netflix's behind-the-scenes script for achieving net zero

Business Green

This approach buys us time to decarbonize our economy, while restoring these life support systems.". Just five per cent comes from the data centers and other systems behind its content delivery network: Netflix doesn't hold itself accountable for emissions related to devices that audiences (or binge-watchers!)

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The war to electrify: America can do it

GreenBiz

The war to electrify: America can do it. Griffith was introducing a dramatic approach to slowing climate change and creating tens of millions of new jobs on U.S. Griffith, an engineer, entrepreneur and MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner, took a new tack Tuesday at the VERGE Electrify 2021 virtual event. Elsa Wenzel.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

Elsa Wenzel takes a deep dive into the latest literature on how to develop new zero building projects. Designed and executed with care, net-zero carbon goals can offer more than sustainability window dressing for commercial buildings in the decades to come. based Building Research Establishment (BRE). Risk and adaptation. "The

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? Heat pumps go steampunk

Climate Tech VC

Most industrial facilities use fossil-fuel burning boilers to generate that heat, and while there are options to electrify or fuel-switch in order to decarbonize the process, most market-ready solutions are still more expensive than current GHG-emitting equipment. Of that segment, ~50% of process heat is delivered by steam.