Charged

MAY 31, 2021

Buying a pre-owned EV presents a new concern for buyers to beware of—the health of the vehicle’s battery. Some older EVs—notable the air-cooled Nissan LEAF—have poor records in this department. All batteries degrade over time, and there’s no simple way for a buyer to know how much of its original range a used EV retains.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Power conversion specialist Vanner has started serial production of a liquid-cooled converter with silicon carbide (SiC) solid-state switching for hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles. kW, 300 A, 600 VDC to 24 VDC air-cooled converter. It is liquid-cooled to minimize the footprint, and is IP67-rated.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2020

As obvious as cooling off with fans and water sounds, it’s not obvious to all public health departments. And before that, the World Health Organization had advised for decades against fan use during heatwaves. Assembling in cooling centers could be deadly during a pandemic. Here’s why it’s important. on Aug 12, 2020.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 23, 2020

At the grocery store, you’re bombarded with labels: organic and its new extension, regenerative organic; various competing fair trade standards; certifications relating to animal health and so on. The change I referred to earlier is happening at Panera Bread, where many menu items now have a "Cool Food" badge attached to them. .

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Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Several companies, including Gradient where Romanin is CEO (which landed him on the 2021 Grist 50 list ), are developing new AC technologies and approaches that are starting to show what a more efficient, less climate-intensive approach to cooling will look like. “And that absolutely doesn’t need to be true.”

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Thus, even in generally colder cities, any significant temperature anomaly or unusual spike can still pose a serious risk to public health. Using nature to cool cities not only lowers health risks but also supports biodiversity and overall resilience against climate impacts.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2022

Metis Engineering’s Battery Safety Sensor is designed to monitor the health of a lithium-ion battery pack and detect cell venting, an early sign of catastrophic battery failure. The sensor can also trigger a process to cut the circuit to the battery pack, allowing it to cool down and hopefully prevent thermal runaway.

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NRDC onEarth

JUNE 21, 2024

With record breaking temperatures taking a devastating toll on human health, the state of Uttar Predesh (UP) has prepared a long-term heat resilience plan.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Will they continue with health care and wages as usual? Demand and lobby hard to ensure everyone has health care, and for a far more equitable wage structure? The message of the COVID Covenant is, "It’s great you say you’ll do this cool thing in 20 or 30 years, but that’s not soon enough. Or will they go big, to get it done now?Demand

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Grist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As we discussed in our last newsletter, all that growth also creates something of a vicious climate cycle, because of the energy-intensive nature of cooling, and because the refrigerants commonly used in ACs are potent greenhouse gases. A man installs an AC unit on the side of a building in India’s capital, New Delhi, this summer.

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Charged

JANUARY 30, 2025

It maintains safe IDLH (immediately dangerous to life or health) toxic gas levels to keep first responders safe. Obexion FR extracts heat from its surroundings, triggering an ongoing release of water, which cools the battery.

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

The plants boost ocean health, have the potential to sequester incredible amounts of carbon and provide low barriers to entry for new ocean farmers. . Bon Appetit’s Amanda Shapiro says their kelp burger is all she wants to eat this summer "even if it weren’t made of a super-cool, planet-saving seaweed." Kelp is the new kale.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The effects of these particles on human health are still under investigation, though current studies suggest that ingesting them could affect the gut microbiome. Samples were boiled for five minutes and allowed to cool. Then, the team measured the free-floating plastic content.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

Rolling out cooling technologies to the 1.2 The report assesses 76 countries with cooling access challenges and found that, globally, 1.2 billion people do not have adequate access to cooling, threatening their ability to survive extreme heat, store nutritious food, or secure access to safe vaccines.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 21, 2022

The main challenges with building sustainability involve reducing overall impact to human health the and the environment. Follow this checklist to help your building become more sustainable in the following areas: lighting, construction, heating and cooling, water, energy, waste, indoor environment, landscaping, and maintenance.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As water temperatures cool, the coral retracts its tentacles, stops eating or responding to touch, and goes dormant. Our research found evidence for a shuffling during that dormant period that may help us identify microbial associates that are key to coral health and recovery from disturbance.”. Why does coral wake up?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In Paris, streets and building walls are cooled down with water in the advent of heat waves and in Seoul, cooling shelters offer relief from sweltering weather for those who cannot afford air conditioning in their homes. Pull Quote.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr. Garvin Heath, a senior scientist in the U.S. And although the blades, like solar panels, are not expected to pose a health hazard, their size is seen as challenge when it comes to disposal.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Improve physical and mental health of residence. Provide insulation and reduce cooling loads. Lower energy costs of the building. Increase connectivity to natural environment. Reduce urban heat island and noise pollution. Benefits of Living Roofs. Increase lifespan of roof membrane. Reduce stormwater run-off. Service Descriptions.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

Their moisture management will meet or exceed the performance of the Adidas Climate Cool or Nike Dri Fit with no chemical finishing and all recycled and organic inputs. It’s bringing home the idea of how fragile our habitat is and how sacred our health is. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

We also produce systems to improve the operation and efficiency of AD plants, including our HRS BDS (Biogas Dehumidification System), and heat exchangers for exhaust gas cooling and digester heating. Notes [1] [link]

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, continuous cooling of plastics during injection molding can be precisely controlled using heat pumps. Industry leaders, governments and utilities should work collaboratively to increase competitiveness, deliver health benefits and transition to a net-zero future. Contributors. Ed Rightor. Sara Baldwin. Energy & Climate.

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Better Ventures

MARCH 4, 2020

Harnessing Ubiquitous Computing and Novel Data Science for Better Health Outcomes Image credit: Vigyanix blog. This series of events just saved the health system hundreds of thousands of dollars and may possibly have saved your life. Our health system is built to be reactive and episodic. Imagine having a heart attack.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And the regions that will see the most warming, and therefore the highest demand for cooling, are economies that are expected to stay reliant on fossil fuels through 2040. Here are some of my key takeaways: Expanding access to cooling is a key line of defense for adapting to increasingly harsh weather. Maximizing shade.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This system supports food safety by preventing passage of outside contaminants as well as conserves energy by stabilizing heating and cooling fluctuations. Our success as a company depends on the continued health of our communities. The health of our communities requires the ongoing well-being of the food supply chain.

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 30, 2024

These older dwellings are leaky, rely heavily on heating and cooling, and emit more carbon than modern homes. This exacerbates health problems, spikes bills and notches up emissions. Before time” houses, built prior to the National Construction Code’s introduction of energy standards in 2003, typically score just 1.8

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 27, 2022

HVAC systems are essential for comfort and health, but they’re not typically eco-friendly. Heating and cooling are often some of the biggest power consumers in a house, and more than 80% of energy sources worldwide are fossil fuels. Thankfully, new technologies can help reduce emissions from these systems.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

The algorithm picked out these city-block-sized satellite images as local hotspots (top) and cool spots (bottom) for air pollution in Beijing (image credit: Tongshu Zheng, Duke University). These have an established impact on human health given their ability to travel deep into the lungs. The Global Burden of Disease study ranked PM2.5

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

Because their bodies cool themselves less efficiently than adults, children remain more susceptible to heat-related illness as they grow. A 2021 study found that 80 percent of parents agreed that the impact of global warming on their child’s health should be discussed during their routine visits.

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Grist

APRIL 16, 2024

Although a period of ocean cooling, known as La Niña, is expected to bring relief this summer, the amount of bleached coral reefs will increase by about 1 percent per week while high temperatures persist. Ocean health is being impacted drastically by climate change, but we still have time to get things right.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

Cattle in Elk Creek, Missouri, submerge themselves in a pasture pond to cool off in between grazing on non-native fescue grass, which can raise a cow’s temperature and give them a constant fever, one of the symptoms of fescue toxicity. Cool-season grasses do the opposite, putting their evolutionary resources into frost-tolerance.

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Soil Cooling Climate change Agriculture 145

Grist

JULY 14, 2021

Defining a heat wave helps cities know when and how to respond to deadly temperatures — issuing heat advisories, sharing tips for surviving the heat, and opening up cooling centers. The temperatures were unbelievable,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor of global health at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Grist

JULY 14, 2020

Sound has long been used by soundscape ecologists to assess biodiversity and other metrics of ecosystem health. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences applies tools from machine learning to these soundscapes to get a better picture of ecosystem health and human activity.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It is also a challenge to understand how hot, stagnant air within buildings can be replaced with cool, fresh air from the outside with minimal energy input, and how cities themselves impact temperatures and local weather patterns.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Contaminated water is produced daily by ongoing reactor cooling. At the point of release, the Japanese authorities have chosen a conservative concentration limit of 1,500Bq per litre, seven times smaller than the World Health Organization’s recommended limit of 10,000Bq per litre for drinking water.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 8, 2024

The result is low carbon, energy efficient heating, cooling and hot water to homes, offices, aquatic centres, health and educational facilities as well as district heating and industrial applications such as process heat and greenhouses. geothermal pools) or indirectly with a heat pump.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It details some of the major upgrades needed to combat the climate crisis and meet environmental targets, to develop new economic landscapes post-Covid, enhance the wellbeing and health of citizens and to overcome energy and water conservation challenges. Michael Lewis, Chief Executive of E.ON

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