Linda Hardesty, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

Verisae Incorporates Urjanet’s Utility Data

August 4, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Verisae will incorporate automated utility data from Urjanet into its energy and sustainability management applications – vx Conserve and vx Sustain. This partnership provides Verisae’s customers access to current and historical utility data. Verisae says the data made available by utility providers is not uniform across distributed locations, making it ... Read more »

Industrial Power Supplies Eliminate Need for Enclosures

August 4, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Installing traditional power supplies in distributed and remote locations can be prohibitively complex and costly because of the need for protective enclosures, fans and excess wiring. To reduce cost and complications, SolaHD has launched its new IP67 SCP-X self-sealed power supplies. SolaHD is a brand of Emerson Industrial Automation. The ... Read more »

Developing Energy Efficient Electronics with Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

August 4, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

PowerAmerica and Lockheed Martin are partnering to develop a new generation of power-efficient microelectronic devices that will reduce energy loss across the power grid. The partners are turning their attention to wide bandgap semiconductors for their research. Led by NC State University, PowerAmerica is one of five institutes established to ... Read more »

365 Companies Throw Support Behind EPA’s Clean Power Plan

August 3, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Sustainability advocacy group Ceres obtained signatures from 365 companies and investors for a letter it sent to 29 US governors, voicing support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. The letter comes right before finalization of the rule aimed at reducing US power plant carbon pollution by 30 percent by ... Read more »

Server Virtualization Requires More Thought for Energy Use

August 3, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

With many organizations choosing virtualization for their IT systems, there are more considerations for data center managers to find a balance between energy efficiency and performance. A single server may host a number of virtualization clients with loads increasing and decreasing sporadically. According to an article in CIO Asia, metrics ... Read more »

CHP Power Plants with Fuel Cells Offered in Europe

August 3, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

FuelCell Energy Solutions and E.ON Connecting Energies are partnering to develop decentralized combined heat and power (CHP) projects. The MW and multi-megawatt Direct FuelCell power plants will be offered via a power purchase agreement (PPA) financing or leasing structure. FuelCell Energy Solutions provides fuel cell power plants in Europe, and E.ON ... Read more »

Only 5% of Small Buildings are Green Buildings

August 3, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

While 62 percent of large buildings qualify as green, only less than 5 percent of small buildings qualify, according to a study by CBRE Group and Maastricht University. The 2015 Green Building Adoption Index found that 62.1 percent of office buildings in the US greater than 500,000 square feet hold ... Read more »

IBM Tests Heat-Pump Cooling of Data Centers

July 31, 2015September 21, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

IBM is working on a data center cooling system dubbed Thrive, which relies on a heat pump. The aim of the Thrive Project is to identify application scenarios for thermally driven heat pumps for heating and cooling in Switzerland. It will also develop heat pump technology with minimal electricity requirements ... Read more »

Bosch, Toyota Join CalCharge Energy Storage Effort

July 31, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

CalCharge, an initiative designed to accelerate breakthrough energy storage technologies, welcomes six new member companies: charter members Bosch and Toyota, along with general members Blue Current, Ensor, EnZinc and ITN Energy Systems. The new members will have access to CalCharge’s programs, services and network, designed to help clear the path ... Read more »

CHP Projects Increase in the UK

July 31, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

According to the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, published annually by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the country saw an increase in combined heat and power (CHP) plants in 2014: a net number of 12 projects added after some existing projects were decommissioned. Four industrial sectors account ... Read more »

Building Retrofitted with Air-Duct Delivery System for Roof-top Units

July 31, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

XChanger Companies has been awarded its second grant from the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Energy Engineering. The grant money will be used to install another of its HVAC airflow technology systems in a second commercial building. The first grant the company received was used in the Holmatro USA ... Read more »

Refurbished Air Coils Save Energy for Four Seasons Hotel

July 31, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

AirRevive, a Florida commercial air conditioning refurbishment and re-commissioning company, developed a custom fan coil unit upgrade service that the company says reduces direct energy use by up to 80 percent and eliminates the need for replacement coils. The service combines custom fan coil refurbishment to address the unit’s deficiencies ... Read more »

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