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How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool

GreenBiz

How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool. Most drivers spend their off-duty time in the sleeper compartments of their trucks, sometimes keeping the truck idling to get power and to cool or heat their space. Idling to keep cool. Most important, drivers need access to heating and cooling for their comfort and health.

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HVAC algorithm can provide thermal comfort for building occupants, with a smaller carbon footprint

TechXplore

As organizations work to reduce their energy consumption and associated carbon emissions, one area that remains to be optimized is indoor heating and cooling. In fact, HVAC—which stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning—represents, on average, about 40% of a building's total energy use.

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Bedrock Energy completes inaugural geothermal HVAC project in Austin, Texas

ThinkGeoEnergy

Texas-based Bedrock Energy (Bedrock) has announced the completion of its inaugural geothermal project, a geothermal borefield and heating and cooling system at Building D of the Penn Field mixed-use office and retail campus in Austin. Originally developed in 1918 as an air base for the U.S.

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Bedrock Energy raises funding to accelerate geothermal HVAC deployment

ThinkGeoEnergy

million in seed capital that will go towards accelerating the manufacturing and deployment of technologies that improve the economics of all-electric geothermal HVAC systems, thus helping real estate properties achieve Net Zero operations. Texas-based Bedrock Energy has announced the raising of USD 8.5

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Our Investment in Specifx: Intelligent HVAC Managemen for Building Electrification

Better Ventures

The company builds software for large building managers to intelligently manage their heating, ventilation, and cooling (“HVAC”) systems. Specifx’s cutting-edge technology offers a streamlined solution for energy efficiency management, providing a sophisticated understanding of HVAC specifications. billion by 2026.

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Allegro’s new gate driver reduces cooling fan noise and vibration

Charged

Designed for battery cooling fans and HVAC systems in EVs and hybrids, the A89307 offers ultra-low noise and vibration by using a Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm to drive continuous sinusoidal current to the load. Field weakening is included to improve performance at high speed. Source: Allegro.

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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Our outdoor device is very similar to the HVAC-integrated one, but with a housing around the unit,” says Petri. “We