Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

District heating is being touted as the most economical method for a city to reduce carbon emissions, yet large district heating networks are hard to maintain.

From the Farmer’s Almanac comes this comparison of wood heat, natural gas, pellet stoves, heating oil furnaces, propane wall furnaces and anthracite coal burners.

The goal of The Thermal Metric project is to improve how thermal energy is measured in buildings. It is led by Building Science Corp. researchers.

The new edition of the guide helps homeowners decide which improvements will yield the most bang for their buck and help them incorporate energy efficiency into future projects.

The new heating plant will supply heat and hot water to state facilities and some buildings in the city.

The city's efforts are driven by a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 120,000 tonnes (132,277.35 tons) per year by 2020.

The Rhône Alpes team from France won Europe’s 2012 Solar Decathlon with its Canopea house. The Andalusìa team from Spain won second place with its Patio 2.12 house and

Until new funds are found, the project will stop in its second phase sometime this fall.

California has $250 million worth of incentives to increase installations of solar thermal systems by 2017.