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How pre-cooling homes could dramatically reduce energy usage

TechXplore

When people get home from work in the late afternoon, the first thing they do is crank up the AC to cool their overheated homes. It's a typical, sweltering August day in Los Angeles, with temperatures pushing 95° downtown.

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Residential energy is becoming companies' business

GreenBiz

Residential energy is becoming companies' business. In this crazy upside-down world, the line between residential and commercial energy is getting fuzzy. . Everything changed so quickly, it makes sense that climate and energy teams have yet to figure out how to account for the shift. Sarah Golden.

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Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips To Reduce Water Usage

Green Business Bureau

Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips to Reduce Water Usage. Employee Waste – Employees, whether they are working in person, at home, or are traveling, can generate a significant amount of a company’s water waste in areas such as bathrooms, water fountains, and kitchens. Monitor Energy Usage.

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Dandelion Raises $30M to Scale Up Home Geothermal Energy

GreenTechMedia

There’s a lot of energy underneath homes — if reasonably priced technology can be scaled up to tap its potential. Dandelion Energy hasn’t gotten nearly to that scale yet. “Our goal is to get to 10,000 homes a year,” he said. About three-quarters of U.S.

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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. Source: Ford

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Trends for Sustainable Home Improvement in 2024

Mosaic

Energy efficient heating and cooling improvements are gaining in awareness and popularity. million Americans work in the clean energy industry and that number is only expected to rise as the number of clean energy projects increase. of $2,500 rebate for updated electric wiring and more. Additionally, 3.2

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The Current System of Electric Billing No Longer Makes Sense

GreenTechMedia

Dan Seif is vice president for market development at 7X Energy, a Texas-based solar developer. Let’s stop pretending that we’re paying for “energy” via our home power bills and understand that we’re mainly paying for infrastructure.