Big data may soon make buildings greener. With a recent major acquisition, MIT alumni-founded Retroficiency, which has assessed hundreds of thousands of buildings, is poised to bring its advanced energy analytics platform ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 17, 2015
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Austria's largest state said Thursday that 100 percent of its electricity is now generated using renewable sources of energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 5, 2015
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Perovskite solar cells are cheaper to make than traditional silicon cells and their electricity conversion efficiency is improving rapidly. To be commercially viable, perovskite cells need to scale up from lab size. Researchers ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 5, 2015
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University of Maryland Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Jeremy Munday and graduate students Yunlu Xu and Tao Gong have designed a new type of nanoscale solar cell that they predict could ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 9, 2015
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Imagine illuminating your home or business with flat, inexpensive panels that are environmentally friendly, easy on your eyes, and energy-efficient because they create minimal heat.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 4, 2015
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Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems – the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to ...
Engineering
Sep 1, 2015
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In the world of computer gaming, bragging rights are accorded to those who can boast of blazing-fast graphics cards, the most powerful processors, the highest-resolution monitors, and the coolest decorative lighting. They ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 31, 2015
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Researchers at Monash University have designed a solar fuel generating device that has established a new record in energy efficiency for the production of solar fuels.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 17, 2015
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As the world's population becomes increasingly urbanised, it is estimated that the number of journeys measured in passenger-kilometres will triple by 2050. Roads simply can't absorb this increase.
Engineering
Aug 5, 2015
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The 255 million cars on the road in the United States account for 40 percent of the country's fuel consumption. Most of that fuel is wasted.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 4, 2015
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