Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

United Kingdom-based Viridian Solar unveiled its Pod solar device March 4 at this year’s Ecobuild in the UK.

Here’s another big city harvesting “waste” heat from sewage. Milwaukee wants to use sewage to warm buildings at two sewage treatment plants.

When considering geothermal heating and cooling, do your homework.

Taco expands its iWorX control platform to provide a dynamic graphical interface for remote monitoring of pump and system performance in real time.

This infographic lays out everything you need to know about home heating.

Variable-speed compressor technology has leveled the playing field for this type of heating and cooling equipment.

At BobVila.com, the pros and cons of baseboard electric and hydronic heating systems, compared to forced-air heating systems, are discussed.

A homeowner wants to use a wood-gasification boiler as his primary source of space heating. He also wants a propane-fueled boiler to automatically come on for backup should he decide not to tend the fire, or if he is away. The owner has read that a generously sized thermal storage tank is necessary to allow a gasification boiler to operate at consistent high efficiency.

A panel of solar industry judges chose Free Hot Water for its innovative and cost-effective design of a solar hydronic heating, hot water and photovoltaic system that was shown to be cost-competitive with a natural gas system.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently upgraded its online energy management and tracking tool, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, which is used to measure energy performance, water use, utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions for more than 40% of the country’s commercial buildings space.