#energy efficiency
Articles etiquetados con «energy efficiency».
EPA WaterSense: Program History, Specifications and Impact
Overview of the EPA WaterSense voluntary program, its efficiency standards, certification process, and water conservation impact.
Smart meter: technology, infrastructure, and market impact
Smart meters are electronic devices that record energy consumption and communicate data to suppliers, enabling advanced metering infrastruct...
ISASMELT: Process, History and Industrial Applications
ISASMELT is an energy-efficient smelting process developed by Mount Isa Mines and CSIRO for copper, lead, and nickel.
Performance per watt in computing
Definition, metrics, and historical evolution of performance per watt in computer hardware and supercomputing.
Focus on Energy: Wisconsin's Statewide Energy Efficiency Program
Overview of Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable resources established in 2001.
Kinetic Traction Systems: Flywheel Energy Storage for Rail and Grid
Kinetic Traction Systems produces flywheel energy storage for rail and grid, using 36000 RPM rotors derived from Urenco centrifuge tech.
Energy efficiency in transport: metrics, modes and life-cycle analysis
Analysis of energy efficiency across transport modes, including bicycles, cars, trains, and aircraft, with metrics and life-cycle data.
Reversing valve: Operation and control in heat pump systems
A reversing valve changes refrigerant flow direction in heat pumps, enabling heating and cooling with a single unit.
Mark Group: Corporate History, International Expansion and Administration
Overview of Mark Group, a UK energy efficiency company founded in 1974, its global expansion and 2015 administration.
Exterior insulation finishing system: Technology, History, and Market
Overview of EIFS cladding systems, including history, composition, drainage types, and market share.
Low-energy house: Design, standards and global implementation
Overview of low-energy houses, their design principles, global certification standards, and role in reducing building sector emissions.
The Green Grid: Industry Consortium for Data Center Efficiency
The Green Grid is a nonprofit industry consortium founded in 2007 to improve the resource efficiency of data centers through metrics like PU...
EU CHP Directive: Policy framework for cogeneration
Overview of Directive 2004/8/EC, the EU policy framework promoting high-efficiency combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating.
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: Policy, Research, and Market Influence
Overview of the ACEEE, a US nonprofit advancing energy efficiency through technical analysis, federal/state policy advocacy, and consumer ou...
Home energy upgrades from public utilities
Analysis of public utility programs for residential energy efficiency, solar, battery storage, and EV charging upgrades globally.
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC): Structure, History, and G20 Coordination
Overview of IPEEC, the international forum for energy efficiency cooperation, its G20 coordination role, and sectoral task groups.
Oxy-fuel combustion process
Oxy-fuel combustion burns fuel with pure oxygen and recycled flue gas, reducing volume by 75% to facilitate carbon capture and storage.
Jevons paradox: Efficiency, rebound effects, and energy policy
Analysis of the Jevons paradox, where increased resource efficiency leads to higher total consumption due to price elasticity and economic g...
Winning the Oil Endgame: Analysis and Policy Framework
Overview of the 2005 Rocky Mountain Institute book on reducing US petroleum dependence through efficiency and substitution.
Solar water heating: Technology, systems and global deployment
Overview of solar water heating technology, system types, global market data and technical specifications.