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Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed free data sets to estimate how much energy any building in the contiguous U.S. will use in 2100. These data sets provide planners a way to anticipate future energy needs as the climate changes.Considering only today's buildings, the team analyzed ...
A new study out of the University of Waterloo analyzes data-driven improvements in Canada's first zero-carbon, net-positive energy building showing how they play a vital role in that building generating more energy than it consumes. In the first case study of its kind in Canada, researchers found that the net-positive ...
The average total amount of energy used per square foot in commercial buildings decreased by 12% from 2012 to 2018, according to the U.S. ...
Leap's partnerships with technology companies in the state including GridPoint help increase grid resiliency and provide real-time flexibility to retailers, which in turn reduces the cost and risk to serve their customers. "Retail customers are using grid-connected distributed energy technologies at ever-increasing rates," said Jaden Crawford, Director of Policy ...
Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a simple way to better evaluate the potential of novel materials to store or release heat on demand in homes, offices, or other buildings in a way that more efficiently manages the building's energy use. ...
Located 90 miles from the nearest power grid, Camp Denali has harnessed the benefits of renewable energy for most of its history. From their first hydroelectric system, developed in 1981, to subsequent photovoltaics and passive-solar hot water, they continue to explore evolving ways to power their facilities while minimizing fossil fuel dependence and carbon emissions. ...
Shareholders’ Meeting agrees to proposed dividend payment of EUR 1.00 per share for the 2019 fiscal year All agenda items agreed with large majority to the benefit of the company CEO Olaf von Lehmden appreciates changes to the German Building Energy Act concerning the use of biomethane Shareholders of EnviTec Biogas AG (ISIN: ...
On July 1, 2020, DOE’s EERE announced that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) issued a Notice of Opportunity (NOO) providing small businesses and other industry partners with more affordable access to ORNL’s Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC). The NOO allows small businesses to undertake collaborative, short-term R&D projects that accelerate the ...
Recently (1/29), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $42 million in project selections to support early-stage research and development (R&D) of innovative residential and commercial building technologies for energy efficiency.Buildings use 75% of U.S. electricity and account for 40% of U.S. overall ...
Primary energy consumption will continue to grow moderately and increase 36% by 2050, this growth will be driven by manufacturing, buildings, and transport up to 2040. In buildings increased uptake of energy-hungry air conditioners will grow as the technologies become affordable for a larger share of the population and average ...
A hundred Greater Manchester companies have been recognised in the region’s first Innovation100 list, including several green innovators working in areas from food waste to energy management. Innovation100 was created by the Business Growth Hub and business news site BQ to shine the spotlight on some of the city region’s most forward-thinking small and ...
Recently (9/21), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $5 million in funding for 16 states to enhance energy security, advance state-led energy initiatives, and improve energy productivity. Through DOE's State Energy Program (SEP), each of the 16 awardees will work to advance ...
Buildings are the single largest energy-consuming sector in the U.S. economy, representing approximately 75% of the nation's electricity use and 40% of its total energy demand, resulting in Americans spending nearly $400 billion each year to power homes, offices, schools, hospitals, and other commercial and residential ...
Headquartered in Albany, NYEM is a digital energy service that provides more than 11,000 buildings - including large public and private facilities such as the State University of New York (SUNY) - with relevant, timely data on their energy use and expenditures. NYPA estimates that NYEM will continue to scale up to 20,000 ...
A smart grid that decides how best to distribute energy based on availability, cost and customers’ needs – that’s the energy concept being developed by researchers in the Electronics Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL)'s School of Engineering in Lausanne, Switzerland. Researchers have designed a system capable of collecting ...
California has established ambitious goals to reduce energy consumption in buildings, including a policy goal for all new residential buildings to be zero net energy (ZNE) by 2020. ...
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) recently announced they would work with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to deploy AMS's Hybrid Electric Building technology in select Walmart stores in the U.S. Under the agreement, AMS will design, install and operate advanced energy storage systems at Walmart stores that are designed to improve efficiency, guarantee energy savings, and provide flexible grid support to ...
Recent EnerGuide testing has shown the Home of Tomorrow, one of two homes that make up the Wilden Living Lab project, to be 52 per cent more energy efficient than a standard home constructed to today's building code. ...
By 2050, Vancouver hopes to be carbon-free, thanks in part to a 90% reduction in natural gas use. As part of its Renewable City Strategy, the July decision was made to ban new buildings from using natural gas powered heating. Older buildings must be retrofitted to use renewable energy. The plan ...
The U.S. government says it will consider installing a microgrid as part of a massive energy upgrade planned for a large block of buildings in Washington, D.C. ...