Man builds most energy-efficient home he could
Saving money was never on Dennis Kaech's mind when he built his Olympia, Wash., home. But saving energy was.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2013
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News tagged with heat storage
Compact and flexible thermal storage
Biogas plants, combined heat and power plants don't just generate electricity, they also produce heat. However, unlike the electricity they yield, the heat generally dissipates unused. A new technology is set to change this: ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 6, 2012
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Taking the heat: Asian elephants simply 'ride out' high daytime heat load
Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2011
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Collection of articles offers policy solutions for a more resilient UK
The United Kingdom is vulnerable to global events and over reliant on other countries for essential resources—but there are policy choices which could significantly lessen this exposure, a new report makes clear.
Economics & Business
Jul 31, 2023
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Toward temperature-resilient EVs
The OSEM-EV project has come up with an entirely new concept of heat management for electric cars. These advances should enable a new generation of EVs with a greater and more predictable driving range.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 1, 2018
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Combination of insulation and thermal mass
When the summer sun burns in the sky, phase change materials (PCM) integrated in building envelopes absorb the heat – it remains cool inside. When it is getting colder outside, the materials give off heat. Several grams ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 1, 2016
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Thermal energy storage in buildings makes district heating more climate friendly
District heating is a common for heating buildings and hot water in many Swedish cities. The heat is largely produced from residual products from forestry, household waste, or waste heat from industries.
Energy & Green Tech
May 5, 2015
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Research shows how householders could stay warm for less simply by storing heat better
Research by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) shows how householders could stay warm for less simply by storing heat better.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2014
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Paraffins to cut energy consumption in homes
Thermal energy storage is a common strategy in energy production systems in which the period of production does not coincide with that of consumption. This happens with the production of hot water by means of solar thermal ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2014
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University of Stuttgart gets a research house for solar heat storage
Together with the company SchwörerHaus the Research and Test Centre for Solar Systems (TZS) of the Institute for Thermodynamics and Heat Technology (ITW) of the University of Stuttgart in the framework of the project "Solspaces" ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 4, 2013
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