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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. Multiple benefits of solar-powered HVAC systems. Mike Roeth.

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Cleaner air and sunny skies drive all-time UK solar power record

Business Green

Significant decline in air pollution and cool, sunny weather sees UK solar generate all-time high of 9.69GW on Monday. The feat was recorded by the University of Sheffield's live UK solar power generation tracker at 12.30pm on Monday, surpassing the previous record achieved in May 2019 of 9.55GW.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool

AGreenLiving

How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool Mike Roeth Tue, 08/11/2020 – 00:01 When most businesspeople travel for their jobs, they retire to their hotel room at the end of the day. Idling to keep cool Providing an acceptable environment to rest and work is critical. The national average at the time of the run was 6.4

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Aquasaic , an ACCEL Year 2 startup, is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.

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Solar-powered bubble shield focuses on physical distancing in public

AGreenLiving

million people in 215 countries around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus , according to the World Health Organization. In addition to its anti-pollution and anti-virus properties, the shield would run on solar energy thanks to a built-in set of flower-shaped, flexible solar panels on top of the plastic dome.

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Eat Your Way to Sustainable Living

The Environmental Blog

San Diego, with the mild climate, featuring hot and dry summers and cool and wet winters, provide a prime location for sustainable living, more so sustainable eating. Clean cooking includes using solar cookers, solid biomass stoves and biogas. Solar cookers-easy to use and sustainable. Sustainable living starts with good health.