energy efficiency

Now stretch it really hard and quickly hold it to your upper lip, which is sensitive to temperature. You will feel that it's warmer than it was before. That's because you're adding energy to the rubber band, which increases its temperature.Are you ready for the awesome part? Keep it stretched for a little while until it returns to room temperature. Now let the rubber band relax and quickly touch it to your lip again. It's now colder than room temperature! Seriously, try this for yourself.So if you had a big enough rubber…

Image Source : PIXABAY Google Maps Google Maps has introduced a new eco-friendly routing feature to help save more fuel. The new feature is currently available in the selected countries and is expected to launch in India soon (unspecified timeline). The new feature will help the users to use an alternative eco-friendly route, helping them to lower their fuel/energy…

Rather than small silica beads, Blue Frontier’s cooling technology relies on a salt solution that’s so concentrated, it can pull moisture from the air.   Here’s how Blue Frontier’s cooling system works: first, a stream of air passes through a channel and over a thin layer of desiccant, which pulls moisture out of the air. Next, the now-dry air goes through an evaporative cooling step, which lowers the temperature of the air (basically the same way sweat cools your skin).  In the evaporative cooling step, the air is…

Last Updated: June 06, 2023, 11:19 ISTSMEV Urges Government to Impose Green Tax on ICE Vehicles (Photo: SMEV)SMEV urges Green Tax on ICE vehicles to boost EV adoption, combat pollution. Calls for equalizing costs and reducing CO2 emissions for a sustainable futureOn World Environment Day, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), the registered association representing Indian electric vehicle manufacturers, has took a bold step by urging the government to impose an additional Green Tax on internal…

Renault Nissan Automotive Pvt Ltd Accelerates Sustainability Drive (Photo: Renault)RNAIPL aims to reduce the energy required to manufacture a car by 20 percent by 2030, compared to the energy baseline in 2019In a significant move ahead of World Environment Day 2023, Renault Nissan Automotive Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) has announced remarkable progress in its pursuit of the 2045 Carbon Neutrality objective, unveiled earlier this year. The company is set to achieve several crucial sustainability milestones by the year 2030.RNAIPL’s…

The 1,574th and final 747, which rolled off Boeing’s production line in Everett, Washington, on January 31, is destined for a life shipping goods around the world on behalf of the New York–based cargo company Atlas Air. It’s an unremarkable end to an era of aviation that began more than half a century ago. The first 747—“the airplane that ‘shrank the world’ and revolutionized travel,” according to Stan Deal, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes—was unveiled in 1968. Since then, the aircraft…

Boeing BA -0.23% investors are rightly focused on when the company will make decent money again in 2023 after an ignominious few years. But they should also ask a more existential question: When will this plane maker make planes again? Earlier this month, Boeing’s facility in Everett, Wash., assembled its last 747, the jumbo jet that opened a new era of luxury flying when introduced in 1970. When its retirement was first teased in…

Unpredictable weather has long complicated wind and solar power generation. Now companies are turning to increasingly sophisticated computer models to cut costs and produce energy more efficiently despite fluctuations. Compared with a coal, gas or nuclear plant, wind and solar facilities produce a dizzying amount of data that utilities are struggling to put into use. Each solar panel and each wind turbine sends out its own data on electricity output, unlike with a traditional power plant. Utilities...…

FRANKFURT—Germany on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging price cap on energy in response to growing concerns among German businesses that a wave of insolvencies could wash over the country and disrupt the supply chains serving Germany’s largest industrial sectors.The government said it would cap the prices of electricity and natural gas as part of a fourth package of measures aimed at shielding businesses and consumers from soaring energy prices following Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The move comes after German businesses,…

What’s the news?: Deep learning is behind machine learning’s most high-profile successes. But this incredible performance comes at a cost: training deep-learning models requires huge amounts of energy. Now, new research shows how scientists who use cloud platforms to train algorithms can dramatically reduce the energy they use, and therefore the emissions they create.How can they do it?: Simple changes to cloud settings are the key. Researchers created a tool that measures the electricity usage of any machine-learning…