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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today.

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Pressure Sensors Are Critical for Heat Exchange Stations

Hydrogen Fuel News

They are used in boilers in power plants, swimming pools, and HVAC units. It can be a water and gas setup such that hot gas goes through a pipe, gradually heating the water that surrounds the structure.  These structures allow two substances to simply exchange heat without mixing.

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Sustainability alliance upgrades energy infrastructure in Solano County

Smart Energy International

It also provides emergency generators, county-wide LED lighting retrofits, essential HVAC equipment replacements, and 54 Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports at six locations. The new energy infrastructure includes 3.4MW of solar, four sustainable microgrids, with 1.9MW/7.6MWh of battery energy storage with microgrid controls.

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

Passive design elements and electrification of building systems combined with grid interaction to transform a California electricity provider’s headquarters. With buildings accounting for about 70 per cent of electricity use , it is crucial that they play a role in grid decarbonisation.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

How will it change the HVAC units and window ACs we’ve grown to rely on? Spencer Platt / Getty Images “There’s this kind of idea that HVAC products are boring and not exciting and ugly and hard to use,” Romanin says. Air conditioning alone accounts for about 10 percent of global electricity use today.

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How 10 key energy efficiency actions could save industry $437bn – report

Smart Energy International

Specifically, the recommended 10 key energy efficiency actions include: Drive efficiency returns Install high-efficiency motors According to the report, within industrial enterprises around two-thirds of electricity consumption likely relates to powering motors in pumps, fans, compressors and other equipment.

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How energy providers can prepare for summer heat with innovative solutions

Renewable Energy World

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. With all these changes, it’s clear that power providers have their work cut out for them.