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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. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. “That is for the entire county and not just the project sites.

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

GreenTechMedia

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. Around 70 million American homes burn natural gas, oil, or propane for home space and water heating, according to Navigant Research.

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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

Processing aerial images for remote job-site inspections Informing adoption of grid-enhancing technologies and accelerating interconnection queues to get projects connected to the grid Enabling modelling for distributed energy resource adoption to anticipate distribution system upgrades and implications for load and load shape.

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

Smart Energy International

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.

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

Business Green

The building's gas line was removed due to new equipment specifications. Similarly, the all-electric and highly efficient HVAC system reduces the building's electricity demand during peak cooling and heating periods. This article first appeared at GreenBiz.com.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. Over the past few months, we’ve been writing this series to inform readers about just what exactly the federal government is doing in the fight of our lifetimes — that is, the fight against climate change. What does this boil down to?

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Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid

GreenBiz

Called the repair folks and was informed there were "200-300 people" ahead of us in the queue. Buying anything gas-powered would lock in emissions for years to come, at a time when decarbonization is a climate imperative. . All-electric HVAC systems are more efficient. We weren’t the only ones. Our second floor was ~96?F