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Let's say you just moved into a new home and you've been waiting all spring to finally sit out in your sunroom and look at something other than snow. However, you've noticed lately that it gets really hot and you want to reduce the room's temperature. Here are a few reasons temperatures increase:
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He aims to have around 800 New Routemasters on London’s streets, which are expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 27,000 tonnes per year.
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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation recently introduced a material that enables the walls of buildings (and other structures) to generate electricity.
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The rating system will have three energy bands: The highest efficiency level is denoted by three ticks and the lowest by a single tick. This is to help buyers make more informed decisions when purchasing lamps, says NEA.
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Riverside Church has a storied past that includes appearances by Nelson Mandela, the Rev. Martin Luther King and former President Clinton. Now, thanks to a modernization of its heating and cooling systems, the church has a more energy-efficient future.
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In the meantime, CEE researchers have come up with a new tool to help our research and, in the long run, to help multifamily building owners and managers operate more efficiently.
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CloudLightning aims to develop a power-efficient cloud computing infrastructure that will simplify access to cloud resources.
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A London based bank is lending $20 million (£12m) to help build Turkey’s largest geothermal power plant.
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A four-month trial of a train powered by a traction inverter incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) devices, has demonstrated a 40% reduction in power consumption compared to a similar train using conventional circuitry.
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Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been in place in the UK since 2008. But have we made maximum use of them in promoting energy efficiency? In the Netherlands they’re taking a radical new approach – by sending every home in the country a document with their A to G home energy rating.
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Google plans to increase its energy efficiency by converting the infrastructure of Alabama's Widows Creek Power Plant into a new data center, the company announced in June.
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In Germany and South Africa, researchers and industry are cooperating in a 'solar melting of aluminium in a directly radiated rotary kiln' (SOLAM ) project to develop a method by which aluminium foundries could use solar energy to melt the metal, states the German Aerospace Centre.
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The owner of London business district Canary Wharf has announced plans to introduce solar-powered benches which will allow passers-by to charge their phone and digitally discover the local area.
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A second tidal energy scheme could be coming to the Severn estuary as plans have been unveiled for a 30MW tidal energy fence to be constructed in the Bristol Channel.
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Seoul has launched a campaign to paint its city roofs with thermal-barrier paint to boost energy efficiency.
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Asia accounted 60% of the global progress on energy access and renewables during 210-212.
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It is quicker and sportier but it holds half as many people, virtually no cargo and returns 34 mpg in the city and 50 mpg on the highway.
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The Clashindarroch wind farm, located in Aberdeenshire, has 18 turbines with a total capacity of 36.9MW – enough energy to power more than 27,000 houses.
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Race Bank, which will be located off the Norfolk coast, will have a capacity of 580MW – enough electricity to power 400,000 UK homes.
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The newly-formed Association for Decentralised Energy aims to create “a strong singular voice for the UK’s decentralised energy sector.
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Swedish furniture giant IKEA, with its 350+ stores and 150,000 employees around the world, has been taking steps to be a better citizen of the Earth, including selling solar panels in some stores and making a big wind power investment near Chicago.
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One of the world's largest soft-drink bottlers, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), has set ambitious new targets for waste and emissions today, claiming that climate change is one of the most significant risks to its business.
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A Singaporean designer has invented an eco-friendly alternative to plastic coffee pods.