A well-insulated home with a high-efficiency air conditioner and programmable thermostat are only as effective as the person using it.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 8, 2016
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Household energy consumption is decreasing thanks to energy efficiency policies but, as a result of the lower energy bill, consumers use more energy. The effect is that approximately one third of the energy efficiency gains ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2016
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To hold up its end of the landmark climate deal signed in Paris last week, the U.S. will need to make cars and trucks of the future far more fuel efficient.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 15, 2015
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New near-zero energy buildings are increasingly springing up around Europe, though their impact on reducing the region's energy consumption will remain a drop in the ocean without a drive to apply new technologies to existing ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 4, 2015
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New York is the most wasteful megacity in the world according to a 2015 report on the per capita energy consumption of 27 global megacities.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 29, 2015
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Dozens of projects have been promoted over the last decade to make industrial processes energy efficient, thus reducing costs and decreasing impact on the environment. However, a definitive solution to reducing energy consumption ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 24, 2015
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Retrofitting technology could benefit the EU economy enormously. Such activities could save up to 60% of a building's energy consumption and this would translate into direct savings in energy expenditure. But energy technology ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 4, 2015
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Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is a formidable sustainability challenge. And demonstrating it isn't that easy either.
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2015
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Approximately $19 billion worth of electricity, equal to the output of 50 large power plants, is devoured annually by U.S. household electronics, appliances, and other equipment when consumers are not actively using them, ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 8, 2015
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An EU research project is developing tools to help software engineers create energy-efficient code, which could reduce electricity consumption at data centres by up to 50% and improve battery life in smart devices.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2014
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