• Facilities in San Antonio, Texas, Wichita, Kansas, and Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, will expand to scale production, creating approximately 1,000 new U.S. jobs • Updated plants will produce an estimated 200,000 residential, commercial and industrial heat pumps combined – a production increase of 200% • Increased production will cut an estimated 25 million metric tons of CO² per Read more
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $165 million to expand U.S. geothermal energy deployment. The Geothermal Energy from Oil and Gas Demonstrated Engineering (GEODE) initiative will provide $10 million to form a consortium of experts to develop a roadmap for addressing technology and knowledge gaps in geothermal energy, based on best practices Read more
The campaign encourages implementation of the most up-to-date energy codes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency, and enhance resiliency and safety The International Code Council – the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions – launched its “Code on a Mission” challenge today which aims to have over Read more
Arlington, Va. — The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit challenging the validity of a Department of Energy (DOE) regulation on Commercial Packaged Boilers. “AHRI is asking that the Court review the rule because of our belief that the Department overstepped its statutory Read more
Taking in an average of 13 million gallons of sewage per day, the wastewater treatment plant in Gresham, Ore. is one of the city’s largest users of energy. Located near the Columbia River northeast of Portland, the Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is a basic secondary activated sludge facility with 20 million gallons/day (mgd) of Read more