Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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. will move toward allowing R-290, an even more environmentally friendly gas, for refrigeration.

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Cooling HVAC Technology Ozone 77

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Combining AI with a digital BMS can cut HVAC emissions by as much as 40% and reduce energy costs by 25%. Taking a mid-point estimate, this could create almost 3.5 gigatons of savings between 2024 and 2030. A BMS, states the report, can control up to around 70% of a building’s energy load if lighting is included as well.

Building Energy Monitoring 105

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy 105

Mosaic

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. According to the IPCC , limiting global warming to 1.5°C The Earth’s climate is changing.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming HVAC 81

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

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. Time to burn that bridge to natural gas. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz positioned natural gas as the bridge to renewables.

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Electricity HVAC Natural gas Carbon-negative 130