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The Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said Bhavnagar will become the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) terminal in the world, as the government has given its sanction…
Read insight — World’s first CNG terminal to come up in Gujarat’s BhavnagarA deal to buy into wind farms off the coast of New York and Massachusetts showcases the British firm’s ambitions in the clean-energy sector. Last…
Read insight — Oil major BP gives a taste of how it will go greenThere are now many resources available to support the design of more sustainable buildings and to assess the “green-ness” of these designs. As the field…
Read insight — Green building metrics every architect should knowSolar home systems provider Greenlight Planet has just secured $90 million to accelerate the distribution of its solar home systems in Africa. The funds were…
Read insight — Greenlight gets $90 million to distribute its solar home systems.NAIROBI: France signed infrastructure contracts in Kenya worth more than 2 billion euros ($2.26 billion) on Thursday, including a 1.6 billion euro 30-year concession for a Vinci-led consortium to…
Read insight — France’s Voltalia seals 70-million-euro contract for two solar power plants in KenyaThermal comfort is the basis of building homes from the beginning, mainly to protect oneself from the harsh climate conditions outside. Today, buildings are advanced…
Read insight — Fresh air calculation as per ASHRAE 62.1Thermal comfort is the basis of building homes from the beginning, mainly to protect oneself from the harsh climate conditions outside. Today, buildings are advanced…
Read insight — Impact of fresh air on whole building performanceBuilding energy modeling has been around for almost 50 years now. One of the early applications of building energy modeling was for US Department of…
Read insight — Climate change and current building energy modelsWe are going to create a sample project for off grid solar system in this article. We are going to run 1 LCD TV for 8 hours in one…
Read insight — Off Grid System InstallationAs the penetration of solar PV increases in the system, flexibility and storage become crucial to further renewable energy deployment. As of 2018, the largest…
Read insight — Outlook on electric storage deployment