Siemens, working together with European partners, is studying if and how direct current (DC) could be used inside buildings in addition to the usual alternating current (AC). This addition could save energy when used in certain ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 20, 2012
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Green buildings can both protect the environment and benefit the people using them. But to do so, users should be involved in the planning from the very beginning.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 11, 2016
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Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2020
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(Phys.org) —Working with Chinese researchers, the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has conducted the first comprehensive study of cool roofs in China and concluded that they would ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 28, 2014
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To check the beehives he has set up on the roof of the sprawling Monnaie de Paris on the banks of the River Seine, Audric de Campeau slips on a harness over tan-coloured trousers.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2017
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Fast-growing Dubai, where something new is always being added to the skyline, may have found a way to make construction move even faster.
Engineering
Jun 30, 2015
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While millions of people are under orders to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, water is sitting in the pipes of empty office buildings and gyms, getting old and potentially dangerous.
Environment
Apr 21, 2020
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One of NASA's two iconic crawler-transporters—the 2,750-ton monster vehicles that have delivered rockets from Saturns to Shuttles to launch pads at Kennedy Space Center for nearly half a century—is getting an upgrade ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2012
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The U.S. is on pace to recover all 22 million jobs wiped out in the COVID-19 recession as early as July, but the milestone will obscure sharp differences among industries and an economy transformed by the crisis.
Economics & Business
May 19, 2022
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When the Bullitt Center opened in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood two years ago, the six-story office building was hailed as one of the greenest on the planet.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 24, 2015
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