Avoid hydrogen for heating homes, urges energy efficiency coalition
A coalition of 33 business and civil society groups have urged the European Commission to prioritise renewables and energy efficiency over hydrogen as part of…
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Now is the time to plant the seeds of innovation. The pandemic has been too global and too prolonged to be considered just one of…
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The science behind climate change is self-evident: the burning of fossil fuels is the largest contributor to human-caused climate change. Climate change is a worldwide…
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A mainly fossil energy guzzler, heating in Germany has taken a back seat to the Energiewende’s poster child, the power sector. But the “Wärmewende”, or…
‘Smart bricks’ could work to store energy in buildings
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More and more homeowners are renovating existing homes to make them “net zero” energy consumers. Here’s how.
Energy-conscious retrofits can dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of housing without the need to start from scratch January 7, 2020 — With the world in…