About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
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The energy consumption of Internet use has multiplied by a thousand-fold in 20 years. So how can we better visualise our energy ‘spending’ and reduce carbon emissions?
Geothermal reservoirs supply more than 15% of New Zealand’s electricity. The heat energy stored in geothermal fields is vast but not infinite.
There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.
People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, France has committed to cutting achieving carbon neutrality for its building stock by 2050. While the goal is ambitious, the challenges are significant.
Dairy cows are sensitive to heat, so farmers cool them down with sprinklers and fans. Researchers are designing better, more efficient systems to keep cows comfortable through hot California summers.
Taking this step may improve the quality of life for vulnerable people and reduce the amount of air conditioning they use, making their neighborhoods less prone to power outages.
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Illinois Research Climatologist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professeure associée et coordinatrice de la chaire « Energy for Society », GEM
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Graduate Student, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
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PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Energy Economics, co-coordinator of the Chaire Européenne de la Transition du Territoire, GEM
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Systems Transformation (EST) Research Group, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Energy Transition, Heriot-Watt University
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PhD student, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Assistant Professor of Marketing & Behavioral Science, University of British Columbia
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Professor and Academic Director of the Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics, University of British Columbia
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Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley