Tag: Energy Efficiency
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87% of Seattle’s Large Buildings Now Tracking & Reporting Energy Use to City
“Seattle’s benchmarking program has helped many building owners who have never tracked energy use before better understand their building’s energy performance. Reporting the information to the city will help us improve and create programs to help owners upgrade their facilities to save energy and money,” said Jill Simmons, Director of the Seattle Office of Sustainability…
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PNC SmartHome in Cleveland Snares Brooking Prize for Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Planning for the SmartHome began in late 2010, when CMNH staff members were making preparations for mounting a major traveling exhibit on the science of climate change. They wondered what else they could do to communicate the complex and challenging issue of climate change. Could they do something hopeful to demonstrate real solutions? Could they,…
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Guest Post: Advantages of a Solar Heat Exchanger
Maintenance visits with traditional water heaters are expensive and unfortunately they happen on a fairly regular basis in most homes and businesses. Solar heat exchangers almost eliminate these visits because they are much less likely to break down. Furnaces and boilers tend to break down and completely stop working at a much higher rate than…
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Guest Post: Advantages of a Solar Heat Exchanger
Maintenance visits with traditional water heaters are expensive and unfortunately they happen on a fairly regular basis in most homes and businesses. Solar heat exchangers almost eliminate these visits because they are much less likely to break down. Furnaces and boilers tend to break down and completely stop working at a much higher rate than…