by Paul Kenney | Apr 30, 2015 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Cool homes, hot planet: How air conditioning explains the world – The Washington Post. BERKELEY, Calif.—Increasing wealth in developing countries is driving increased demand for air conditioning. However, this also has a dtrimental effect of increasing the...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 30, 2015 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
ICCBS sets example for generation of energy. KARACHI, Pakistan—The International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) at the University of Karachi (UoK) in Pakistan has installed a 200 ton (700 kW) air-conditioning plant that generates as much...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 28, 2015 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
Cree Wants to Make Your Office Lighting Less Ugly | WIRED. NO MATTER HOW much headway LED lighting makes in your home, you’re still likely stuck with unsightly fluorescents at work—or pretty much anywhere else you spend most of your indoor waking hours. A product from...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 28, 2015 | A/E Industry News, Uncategorized
LED Bulbs Are Now Two for $5—Officially Too Cheap to Ignore | WIRED. IF YOU’RE AMONG the holdouts who cling to their incandescent light bulbs like plastic eggs on Easter morning, you may want to loosen that grip. A new 60-watt equivalent LED bulb from Philips could be...
by Paul Kenney | Apr 23, 2015 | A/E Industry News
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: 1990-2013 | Climate Change | US EPA. WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased 2% in 2013 compared to the previous year, according to the latest data contained in the recently released Greenhouse Gas Inventory...