Energy efficiency - Articles - Page 21

Over 3 million people in US now work for clean energy

April 28, 2017

This is based on 2016 data recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in its second annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report.

The geothermal industry continues to lobby Congress to reinstate tax credits

Geothermal industry asks Congress to ‘level the playing field’

‘Hey, you’re using a tax code to pick renewable winners and losers, and that’s not what you should be doing.’

Jen Anesi-Brombach

April 17, 2017

A bipartisan bill would reinstate tax credits that expired at the end of 2016.

Fleetmatics REVEAL can help improve by providing turn-by-turn directions and stop details

Fleet-management solutions improve safety, save money

As electronics continue to become smaller, faster and more affordable, more and more contractors are investing in fleet-management solution.

Jen Anesi-Brombach

April 11, 2017

Custom products help plumbing and mechanical contractors keep track of assets and employees.

Food-waste disposers becoming quieter, more efficient

More than 60 million homeowners rely on food disposers for daily kitchen clean-up and expect it to operate effortlessly on demand.

Nadia Askar

November 16, 2016

Improvements in food-waste disposers reduce noise and environmental impact.

Tips on properly sizing the combustion air openings

Can the boiler breathe?

Ray Wohlfarth

September 28, 2016

Tips on properly sizing the combustion air openings.

Gold ownership symbolizes economic stability

Dodd-Frank fortifies banks.

Morris Beschloss

July 27, 2016

Glass-Steagall was primarily responsible for the high-risk leveraged breakdown that led to the worldwide financial collapse in mid-September 2008.

Fab Tek Logic's Fin Clamp Element for baseboard heating

Fab Tek Logic baseboard fin elements

June 30, 2016

Fin Clamp Elements are easily removable baseboard fin sections that come in 1’ and 2’ lengths.

AHRI asks Congress to reform energy-efficiency standards process

June 16, 2016

The current law, at nearly 40 years old, does not reflect 'new technologies and economic realities.'

Wording on a booth ISH China/CIHE captures the challenge China faces.

ISH China/CIHE 2016 — Day 1

‘To keep Sky blue, To warm up China’

Bob Miodonski

June 1, 2016

ISH China & CIHE is the China International trade fair for heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, sanitation and home comfort systems held in Beijing.

The Glitch and The Fix, April 2016 -- Glitch drawing

Wood-gasification boiler with existing piping

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

April 11, 2016

An installer plans to replace an outdoor wood-fired furnace with a new cordwood-gasification boiler with a rated output of 150,000 Btu/hr. The outdoor furnace is located about 100 ft. from the indoor mechanical room where the 1-in. PEX insulated underground piping joins the thermal storage tank. The installer plans to use the existing underground piping.