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Maneuvering Through Daytime Energy Rates for Economic Efficiency

The Environmental Blog

While nocturnal electricity use generally sees lower demand and subsequently lower rates, its daytime usage, with air conditioners whirring, appliances running, and electronic devices charging, tends to drive up utility bills. Daytime energy rates are primarily a response to peak demand periods.

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Using voltage optimisation to improve energy efficiency in commercial properties

Envirotec Magazine

James Goodby, director at voltage optimisation specialist, Powerdown220, presents what he describes as the most effective strategy available to enhance energy efficiency and reduce overall consumption. In addition, these buildings also typically house extensive infrastructure, which further contribute to energy demands.

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Ford and Resideo to conduct V2H energy management pilot

Charged

Ford and home automation company Resideo Technologies have announced a joint V2H simulation project called EV-Home Power Partnership. It will also assess how coordination between the battery and the thermostat can leverage cleaner energy from the grid if renewable energy is readily available. “The Source: Ford

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3 Ways IoT can help reduce carbon emissions

Smart Energy International

Emily Newton, editor-in-chief of Revolutionized Magazine , writes on three use cases where the Internet of Things (IoT) is proving a useful instrument to help reduce carbon emissions. These are three ways in which people currently use IoT to reduce carbon emissions. Other home systems can provide similar carbon-cutting benefits.

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Waste heat reuse and CO2-neutral energy supply concept among winners of German energy efficiency awards

Envirotec Magazine

The following have been recognised for their achievements: The building materials manufacturer, Adolf Gottfried Tonwerke GmbH , together with the technology provider, Orcan Energy AG , in the Energy Transition 2.0 category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation.

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New York private college to shift from fossil fuel heating to geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

Bard College , a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson, New York State, will soon replace its aging, fossil fuel-fired heating and cooling system located in The Charles P. Stevenson, Jr Library with a new state-of-the-art system that will run on geothermal energy.

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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

Envirotec Magazine

Cooling towers at Drax, North Yorkshire (image credit: Shutterstock.com / Phil Silverman). Biomass power puts some of the world’s most precious forests at risk. Like fossil fuels, burning biomass also requires huge amounts of water to be abstracted for cooling, increasing water stress at times of drought.