Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The project involves building a whole-of-site solution to optimise the energy system including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, electric vehicle (EV) charging control, and onsite solar PV and storage.

Business Energy Monitoring 97

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Together, they showcase some of the tools cities already have at their disposal to tackle extreme heat, and some of the ways they are innovating. Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010.

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AutoGrid

APRIL 22, 2021

Over the next several years, today’s electricity energy landscape will transform into a much more interactive, participatory model. Resources both on the supply and demand side will work together in a complex dance to meet the electricity needs of the public, while providing reliability and increasing renewable energy.”. Introduction.

HVAC 52

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

Examples include optimising planning for electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, enabling virtual power plants, generating design of structural materials for manufacturing and discovering alternatives for critical materials. Beyond the grid, AI is seen to support a range of applications to help advance an equitable clean energy economy.

Building Energy Monitoring 64

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 64

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For a 2050 net-zero future, we’ll need an electricity grid large enough that its untangled cables would be long enough to stretch all the way to the sun.  As electricity demand rises to meet population growth and the electrification transition, so does the need to expand and strengthen the grid.

Energy Monitor 65

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 65

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Home to over 8 million people , New York stands as the largest city in the United States making the megalopolis an excellent test hub and incubator for new, innovative green solutions. A new goal was also introduced that aimed to reach net zero emissions in the electricity sectors by 2040. Click here to learn more.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Most of the work relates to greening the city's buildings - electric heat pump installations, weatherizations and solar panel and battery installations. However, trainees also have the opportunity to learn other in-demand skills, such as electric vehicle charger maintenance and Wi-Fi installation.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

As demand for fossil-fuel free heating grows, policymakers and industry need to work together to prep the installation workforce for a major roll out of electric heat pumps, writes Panasonic's Enrique Vilamitjana. Enrique Vilamitjana is managing director of Panasonic HVAC Europe.

Resilience 76

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EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) are a sub-program of EQIP that also offer flexibility to apply across a supply chain to implement innovative practices and equipment. Key Takeaways IRA adds $4.95 Climate-Smart Commodities Grants are not funded by the IRA and thus not included but can be used for similar purposes.

Agriculture 52

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Four years ago, with the increasing and accelerating pace of integration of renewables in the US electricity system, we saw both a systematic need and a market opportunity in long-duration electricity storage. Have working knowledge of electrical standards (UL/IEEE) and National Electrical Code, plus U.S.

Business Energy Monitoring 40

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 40

Greentown Labs

MARCH 7, 2022

Greentown Labs supports startups that are decarbonizing the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and building resilient communities. MATERIAL AND TECH INNOVATIONS. We know we can make deep cuts in energy use for heating and cooling by improving building envelopes.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Pulling heat from the subsurface of the earth has been a proven method for powering the cooling and heating of buildings for ~70 years. But the costs, implementation timelines, and space requirements have relegated this type of HVAC system to very large and fancy properties (think military bases, presidential libraries, and museums).

Building Energy Monitoring 69

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 69

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

” The last option is a nod to work by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based nonprofit Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) to advance a concept called the GeoMicroDistrict , which would see heat pumps in individual buildings transferring thermal energy between a shared district water loop and their own heating and cooling distribution systems.

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Natural gas Cooling Energy Energy 130

The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In addition to being a very good smart thermostat that adapts your heating and cooling based on whether you’re home or away and even which room you are in, it is also a smart speaker (Alexa or Siri), an indoor air quality monitor, a smoke and CO alarm listener, a temperature and humidity sensor, and a radar-powered motion sensor.

Home Energy Monitoring 120

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 120

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2020

One primary advantage to making this switch is that they are drastically more efficient than the old style and can save you upwards of 20% on your electricity bill. Proper maintenance combined with a programmable thermostat and you have the makings of an efficient HVAC operation that will certainly show its worth on your next energy bill.

Business Energy Monitoring 142

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Bidgely

APRIL 21, 2024

From decarbonization to resiliency, utilities need to be agile, innovative and connected to meet the demands of the future. We gave Bidgely a list of 150,000 accounts that are within that named community and were able to identify customers within the top 30 percent of heating usage or cooling loads.

Home Energy Monitoring 78

Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor HVAC 78

Charged

JANUARY 6, 2020

Electric SUVs are starting to appear at the high end of the market, but so far no one has built a viable electric pickup. And in September, Amazon changed the game for Rivian by announcing a history-making order of 100,000 electric delivery vans. Charged : Rivian calls its electric drivetrain a skateboard platform.

Energy Monitor 68

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Cooling 68

Charged

MAY 18, 2021

Formula E, the FIA-sanctioned electric racing series, has been a powerful ambassador for the EV revolution—and a damn fine sporting event—since its opening season in 2014. Extreme E features custom electric off-road SUVs tearing through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe.

Sustainability 71

Sustainability Hydrogen Batteries Technology 71

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

MAY 20, 2021

Electric pickup trucks are cool. SOURCE: AP via YouTube While up in Michigan the biggest game-changing electric vehicle since Tesla? SOURCE: AP via YouTube While up in Michigan the biggest game-changing electric vehicle since Tesla?—?the Electric Trucks Are Just The Start. the Ford F-150 Lightning?—?stole

Electricity 78

Electricity Climate change HVAC Electric vehicle 78

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Clean electricity generation received the most (39%), followed by distributed energy resources (24%), EV purchases (18%), manufacturing (16%), then emerging climate technologies (<1%).

Energy Monitor 111

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Andrew Winston

MAY 30, 2018

But big companies and startups alike are exploring how blockchain could change everything from contracts, corporate compliance, and auditing to digital identity and voting, supply chain tracking, and even building a smart, carbon-free electric grid. These ideas are fascinating, but the latter few in particular have caught my eye.

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Blockchain Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 60

Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He founded BlocPower with a mission to green aging urban buildings by replacing unhealthy, fossil fuel-burning heating and cooling systems with efficient, all-electric heat pumps, water heaters and solar panels. For a $285 monthly payment, BlocPower and local developer Revalue.io

Building Energy Monitoring 104

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 104

GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Last week, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group , an organization of mayors from around the global, launched a Detailed Agenda for Green and Just Recovery from COVID-19 to ensure that this crisis propels sustainable innovations instead of a return to old ways. . People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems. ” Because of less electricity, the savings will be about a 22 percent a year annualized rate of return on that money we invest. The laying of cool pavement to reduce the urban heat island effect by literally paving a lighter shade over our streets.

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