Commercial buildings use more than one-third of America’s total electricity, making retrofit lighting the wave of the future in the combat against wasteful energy. The spike in demand for energy-efficient retrofits is due to the desire to reduce costs and an obligation of social responsibility, according to Pikeresearch.com. Some take advantage of recycling and disposal [...]
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a series of initiatives underway at the Department of Energy to more broadly implement cool roof technologies on DOE facilities and buildings across the federal government. Cool roofs use lighter-colored roofing surfaces or special coatings to reflect more of the sun’s heat, helping improve building efficiency [...]
ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University officials Tuesday announced the first six research teams to win funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in a new joint program that teams up investigators from both schools. The first-round winners were announced at a ceremony in Shanghai. At the same event, [...]
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