Keeping people comfortable — through heat waves, blizzards, and every temperature in between — is a primary concern for facilities managers and requires regular attention to a building's hvac system, especially cooling towers.
Forest growth absorbs a major portion of the United States’ carbon dioxide emissions — an effect called carbon sink — but that effect is going to gradually disappear this century as forest lands mature.
Former workers at a Duke Energy plant told the California legislature that the company allegedly stalled production, discarded spare parts, and took other actions to reduce output and increase electricity prices.
Takoma Village, a new Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) demonstration project located in the Takoma section of upper northwest Washington, DC, is a 43-unit cohousing development that serves as a model of energy- and resource-efficient multifamily construction.
