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Sealing homes' leaky HVAC systems: A sneaky good climate solution

TechXplore

There's a hidden scourge making homes more harmful to the climate and less comfortable: leaky heating and cooling systems. Plugging those leaks may be the dull stepchild of the energy transition, but that doesn't make it any less important than installing dazzling solar arrays and getting millions of electric vehicles on the road.

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Lightning eMotors wins $45-million powertrain order from ABC Companies

Charged

“At 3,445 Newton-meters of torque (2,540 ft-lbs), the electric motorcoaches are our most powerful and advanced powertrain to date,” said Lightning CEO Tim Reeser. The coach powertrain is our seventh commercial electric vehicle powertrain, developed on our modular, proprietary software and hardware platform,” Reeser added.

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I Converted a Home Fully to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

GreenTechMedia

It is more cost effective to add solar and storage than to improve the efficiency of the building shell, or to replace existing HVAC equipment prior to its end of life with new high efficiency equipment. Current electric rates are $0.48/kWh In operation this high efficiency inverter-based HVAC system was almost impossible to hear.

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Green Realtor® Guide: Marketing Eco-Friendly Homes and Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

Using remote sensors to detect temperature imbalances, smart thermostats can achieve an even heating and cooling throughout your home as well as turn off the HVAC when you’re away, saving on energy and money. Federal tax credits for all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).

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Tech talk – home appliances and interoperability

Smart Energy International

Home appliances For flexibility and energy management in the home a range of appliances can potentially be involved, ranging from smart lighting and white goods to heating and cooling technologies such as HVAC and space and water heating and increasingly with their growing uptake rooftop PV, battery storage and electric vehicles.

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ARENA and Shell Energy to demonstrate commercial flexibility in Australia

Smart Energy International

The project involves building a whole-of-site solution to optimise the energy system including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, electric vehicle (EV) charging control, and onsite solar PV and storage.

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SDG&E Tests Virtual Power Plant to Meet Grid Demands

Solar Industry

A VPP network can comprise a wide range of devices and resources – everything from home appliances such as electric vehicles and chargers to HVAC equipment and solar-plus-battery energy storage systems. The center received free installation of two batteries onsite.

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