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There are a lot of ways to heat a home, and the chances are you haven’t thought too much about them. After all, unless you are building your own home, you probably never had much choice. But home heating and cooling generate 17% of Americans’ carbon footprint – more than the rest of our
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There are a lot of ways to transition from a fully-gasified home to an all-electric, energy-exporting home.
As recently as 2008 with regard to energy-efficiency, our
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Claimed to be the world’s first production EV RV, the Bowlus Volterra also has the amenities that let you live off-grid indefinitely.
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As time passes and technology progresses, smartphones and tablets have become an increasingly integral part of our lives. As a result, Wifi and Bluetooth-connected products have been permeating just about every segment and
Vince Romanin, the CEO of Gradient, discusses the market for heat pumps and a New York City Housing Authority contract to rethink HVAC for residents vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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Induction cooktops and ranges will be included in the Inflation Reduction Act's climate incentives.
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It’s amazing to think of all the bulky technology that many of us now carry in our smartphones, which contain more computing power than it took to land a man on the Moon. Video recorders used to be the size of a small car. Now (for better or worse) we point and shoot. Some of the newer phone