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Retailers can capitalize on energy management and see ROI as high as 30 percent

Renewable Energy World

HVAC has taken on a new significance in the age of COVID-19. Research by ASHRAE indicates heating, cooling, and ventilation systems can be used strategically to help reduce airborne exposures. With HVAC systems sized correctly for the buildings they serve, air quality monitoring should reveal the building is adequately ventilated.

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How to Help Your Home Improvement Customers Go Green

Mosaic

This month, we’ll share blogs on: How financing know-how can simplify your home improvement business. How contractors can position financing to meet client demands for more energy-efficient upgrades. This is the third blog in our Home Improvement Month series. Contractor tips to a more consultative approach to financing options.

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A Home Buyer’s Guide to Green Homes

The Environmental Blog

Three popular options include solar panels, wind turbines, and geothermal heating and cooling. Instead, it suggests that the home uses systems and products that perform better and require less energy, therefore lowering energy demand and air pollution. However, this does not mean that the home utilizes renewable energy, per se.

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Threatened by wildfire smoke, West Coast cities are piloting clean-air centers

Grist

The idea, akin to public cooling centers, is to upgrade air-filtration systems or provide portable air cleaners to community gathering spaces, creating indoor oases where residents can go to get respite from hazardous air. In both places, residents often rely on opening windows to keep cool inside.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

With the current rate of urbanization and the subsequent increase in energy demand, energy efficiency in buildings has a significant role to play in contributing to energy security in developing countries. By improving the building envelope, passive solar strategies can be developed to improve comfort and reduce energy demands.

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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. Consumers confronted with a surfeit of unfamiliar options often defer to trusted third parties — the plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians who install equipment, and often on short notice.

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Is There Enough Biomass to Fuel the World? Part II

Mr. Sustainability

Energy in this sector is mostly spent on heating and cooling to very high or low temperatures, for instance in steel mills or chemical plants. In buildings, we mostly use energy for heating and cooling spaces, taking nice showers and warming water for cups of tea, or powering devices such as the computer or phone you are reading this blog on.