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Leh Airport set to have India’s largest geothermal space conditioning system

ThinkGeoEnergy

Work is now ongoing for what is set to become the largest geothermal system for heating, cooling, and domestic hot water supply in India at the Kushok Bankula Ripoche Airport in Leh (“Leh Airport”). The system will specifically serve the new domestic terminal building, which is still under construction.

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Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency

GreenBiz

The building also generates solar from over 700 panels on-site, and its windows calibrate to let in natural light, reflect heat while keeping the indoors cool. Under CEDC, all of Washington’s local rate payers contribute through a surcharge per energy billing cycle, on electricity and natural gas consumption.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

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. How will it change the HVAC units and window ACs we’ve grown to rely on?

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Modern Industrial Cooling Towers Put Sustainability First

Energy Central

Cooling towers are essential in building and facility-based HVAC systems — removing indoor heat through air passage and water evaporation. According to the U.S.

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Bosch facility in Portugal puts geothermal heat pump system into operation

ThinkGeoEnergy

The facility of Bosch under the Car Multimedia division in Braga, Portugal has installed a geothermal heating and cooling system as part of a wider initiative to eliminate the use of natural gas as an energy source at the site.

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Massachusetts Pilot Project Offers Gas Utilities a Possible Path to Survival

GreenTechMedia

In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey asked the state's Department of Public Utilities to open an investigation into the future of natural gas companies in the state. ” Schulman asks. The GeoMicroDistrict concept.

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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. Time to burn that bridge to natural gas. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz positioned natural gas as the bridge to renewables.