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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

Autodesk Although the team is just at the start of this digitization journey, Tom is excited about what the data can do for energy efficiency — for instance, gradually pre-heating and cooling spaces, based on models of how many people will be in the space at a given time. “Over a third of museums in the U.S. Southwick agrees.

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I Converted a Home Fully to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

GreenTechMedia

In all likelihood it will get worse as we experience more extreme weather events and sea levels rise from melting ice sheets. It is more cost effective to add solar and storage than to improve the efficiency of the building shell, or to replace existing HVAC equipment prior to its end of life with new high efficiency equipment.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Zero emission vehicles (ZEV) led the charge, as YoY sales volume increased 52% to 1.4M vehicles, but price decreases tamped down overall investment growth to 30%.

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8 cities share how racial justice is embedded into their climate plans

GreenBiz

The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. . People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems. 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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8 cities share how racial justice is embedded into their climate plans

AGreenLiving

The city is also investing in seawalls to prevent erosion due to sea level rise. People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems. The laying of cool pavement to reduce the urban heat island effect by literally paving a lighter shade over our streets.