Better Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Our power grids will buckle and we don’t yet have the wherewithal to manage so many distributed energy resources coming on line at once. How will Walmart, for instance, understand its sprawling inventory of HVAC systems so they can replace oil furnaces with clean energy powered electric heat pumps?

Cooling 52

Cooling Electricity HVAC Fossil fuels 52

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Demand response specialist Flexitricity announced yesterday that it had aggregated the two batteries to provide power to the grid through the BM following reforms late last year to open up the market to a wider range of grid flexibility providers.

Business Energy Monitoring 58

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Demand 58

Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2020

Our power grid saw a new coal-free record of more than two months, and the International Energy Agency estimates this crisis has cut global carbon emissions more than any other event in the last century. Making green the 'new normal'.

HVAC 93

HVAC Sustainability Climate change Government 93

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Using a microgrid controller and WattTime software that can track grid emissions and identify times of peak demand or high carbon intensity the building can also place power back onto the grid to reduce its dependency on fossil fuel power plants.

Electricity 36

Electricity Carbon-neutral HVAC Cooling 36

GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. The grid was largely built in the 1950s and 1960s with a 35- to 80-year life expectancy , meaning much of it should have been retired and replaced by now. All-electric HVAC systems are more efficient. Society of Civil Engineers’ quadrennial report card. .

Energy Monitor 532

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Electricity 532

The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By 2040, the goal is for heat pumps to account for 90 percent of the HVAC and water heating market. And because they’re electric, they can feasibly run on renewables like wind and solar once there’s more clean energy coursing through power grids. They signed a letter of support for the MOU yesterday.

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Pollution Fossil fuels HVAC Cooling 122

Solar Industry

AUGUST 28, 2023

Instead, it uses advanced software to aggregate and coordinate the functions of a collection of small-scale, decentralized resources located at customers’ homes and businesses to meet grid needs.

Demand 98

Demand HVAC Batteries Power grid 98

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

As extreme heat records fall across the West of the US and strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is testing new approaches to demand response through a new virtual power plant.

Demand 59

Demand Batteries HVAC Power grid 59

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Using remote sensors to detect temperature imbalances, smart thermostats can achieve an even heating and cooling throughout your home as well as turn off the HVAC when you’re away, saving on energy and money. AC solar air conditioners are designed to work with your home’s existing power grid but require an inverter.

Home Energy Monitoring 78

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

Charged

JUNE 12, 2023

ABM is one of the world’s largest providers of facility services, including janitorial, engineering, parking, lighting, HVAC and much more. In recent years the company has added EV charging infrastructure to its offerings, and has installed over 28,000 charging stations to date.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 52

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

APRIL 15, 2020

They include electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and other construction workers in energy efficiency. Similarly, upgrading our outdated national electric grid would help move energy around the country more efficiently and also prevent disasters like the country’s worst wildfire, sparked in 2018 by the failure of a 100-year-old hook.

Energy 88

Energy Energy Real Estate Power grid 88

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

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%.

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Investment Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

Andrew Winston

MAY 30, 2018

It’s a chaotic situation for utilities that are trying to keep a giant power grid in balance. Massive battery storage will help solve the problem but getting to total grid scale is some ways off. This mismatch creates what the utilities call the “duck curve” problem , named for the misshapen curves of supply and demand.

Blockchain 60

Blockchain Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 60