Building Decarbonization

Building Decarbonization

California

Demonstration of Heat Pump Refrigeration at Creamery to Be the First of Its Kind at Scale

While advanced heat pumps have been used in residential settings, this is a first use case at the industrial commercial scale. Business Wire

Minnesota

St. Paul affordable housing development built to be a large net-zero community

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity made the decision to forgo gas hookups. MinnPost

New York

This NYC affordable housing complex is the biggest 'Passive House' in US

The apartments have improved ventilation and sealing that helps save energy and money, making the complex a national model for tackling the housing and climate crises. Canary Media

Energy Efficiency

U.S.

Wealthy homeowners nab billions in tax credits for energy efficiency

IRS data shows a huge disparity between rich and poor in a major Biden climate effort. Climatewire

Space Cooling & Heating

International

Extreme Weather Poses a Challenge for Heat Pumps

Stronger winds, bouts of extreme low temperature, and higher humidity pose difficult but surmountable challenges for heat pumps. WIRED

U.S.

'Every building sits on a thermal asset': how networked geothermal power could change cities

If deployed across the country, these geothermal systems could go a long way in helping decarbonise buildings, which are responsible for about a third of total greenhouse gas emissions in the US. The Guardian

Industrial Decarbonization

Cement

International

Fortera lands $85M to scale up low-carbon cement

Cement-making is responsible for a lot of CO2 emissions. With the new funding, Fortera aims to expand use of its tech, which can clean up the process. Canary Media

International

World's 1st geothermal direct use cement project sets model for sustainable industry

Despite being the world's first direct-use geothermal project in the cement industry, it involves just one 4-MW ORC power plant and one geothermal heat-powered dryer. Think Geoenergy

Industrial Decarbonization

California

A Scalable and Cost-Effective Solution for Industrial Decarbonization

Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed and tested a new type of thermochemical reactor that generates large amounts of heat for industrial processes using electricity instead of fossil fuels. AZoCleantech

International

AI tech giants hide dirty energy with outdated carbon accounting rules

Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are concealing their actual carbon footprints, buying credits tied to electricity use that inaccurately erase millions of tons of planet-warming emissions from their carbon accounts, a Bloomberg Green analysis finds. Business Standard

U.S.

Can Google gobble up enough renewables?

Power players Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are rapidly expanding renewable portfolios to offset a data center-driven increase in energy use. Power Engineering

U.S.

Decarbonizing US industry: Progress and opportunities

Because of federal investments from the Energy Act of 2020, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act, we are already seeing progress in the industrial sector that is driving economic, climate, and community benefits across the country. Clean Air Task Force

U.S.

Energix signs long-term solar power deal with Google

Energix will initially supply 1.5 gigawatt peak of solar project development until 2030, with an option to further expand the partnership. Reuters

U.S.

GM secures largest renewable energy deal to power three US assembly plants

The Newport Solar project, with a capacity of 180 megawatts, will add renewable energy directly to the grid that GM sources from, furthering the company's commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2040. CBT News

U.S.

OPINION: Surging data center power demand risks subtracting clean energy from the grid

Regulators and policymakers must react effectively to big tech's acquisition of renewable resources by driving investments in new dispatchable energy and capacity, writes energy consultant Brad Viator. Utility Dive

Steel, Cement

U.S.

Decarbonizing steel and concrete: "We're in the age of urgency"

Climate Group's Jen Carson talks to Canary Media ahead of Climate Week NYC about the need to accelerate net-zero steel and concrete production. Canary Media