by Paul Kenney | Feb 19, 2015 | Industry News
Largest Solar Farm on U.S. Public Property Comes Online DESERT CENTER, Calif.—U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze recently led a ceremony to “flip the switch” on the Desert Sunlight Solar...
by Paul Kenney | Feb 19, 2015 | Industry News
MIT Prototype Cooling System Tracks Individual Users CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A research team at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab has developed Cloud Cast, a prototype misting technology that cools a human-sized space instead of an entire room or building to save energy and...
by Paul Kenney | Feb 12, 2015 | Industry News
Study Examines Role of Opening Windows on IAQ ROLLA, Mo.—An environmental engineering professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology is undertaking a research project to study the effect of open windows on the air quality inside a home. Glenn...
by Paul Kenney | Feb 12, 2015 | Industry News
University Developing Localized System to ‘Dramatically’ Reduce Building Energy Use SYRACUSE, N.Y.—A Syracuse University team is attempting to develop novel localized heating and cooling systems and devices to expand temperature ranges within buildings....
by Paul Kenney | Feb 12, 2015 | Industry News
Work Begins on First Draft of Global Climate Treaty GENEVA—Climate change negotiators are meeting in Switzerland this week to begin work on a draft of a new international climate treaty that is due to be voted on in December. Delegates from nearly 190 countries are at...