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Group Launches Free, Searchable Database for Energy Information
Categories: Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Web Resources - Tuesday Sep 4, 2007 02:50Read the full story in Environmental Protection.
On Aug. 21, the Network for New Energy Choices announced the launch of the beta version of National Energy Research Database (NERD). The NERD is a free online research library for renewable and conventional energy. The database compiles academic studies, technical reports and research articles from the government and non-profit groups into a single, searchable database. NNEC is releasing the beta version so that users can help turn NERD into the most comprehensive energy research library on the net.
New Roof System Could Offer Energy Savings
Categories: Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Green Building - Friday Aug 31, 2007 09:24Read the full story in Environmental Protection.
Homeowners could see their summer utility bills fall by 8 percent or more with a new roof and attic system being developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
From an energy efficiency perspective, roof technology has not progressed substantially in hundreds of years, but that is changing with the use of active thermal mass components, reflective pigments and coatings, subventing, radiant barriers and other novel techniques being tested by a team led by Bill Miller and Jan Kosny of ORNL’s Building Envelopes group. Their prototype roof and attic system works by reducing attic temperatures by about 22 degrees Fahrenheit during a typical summer afternoon and decreasing the amount of heat that gets transferred through the attic floor to the living space.
At the heart of new roof system is a proprietary inorganic phase change material sandwiched between two reflective surfaces made of aluminum foil. This material is installed as a dynamic thermal barrier between the roof and attic area, creating separate air channels between roof rafters. The configuration is compatible with traditional wood and steel framing technologies. Moreover, the new phase change material overcomes problems that have plagued phase change materials for the past 40 years.
NREL Publishes Interim Progress Report on Fuel Cell Learning Demonstration
Categories: Energy Research, Fuel Cells, Publications - Wednesday Aug 8, 2007 10:03Read the full post at Green Car Congress.
The US Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published an Interim Progress Report summarizing results from the first two years of the Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project.
Cheaper biodiesel
Categories: Biofuels, Energy Research - Friday Jul 6, 2007 10:03Read the full story in Chemical Science.
Producing biodiesel from cheap feedstocks could become easier and more environmentally friendly thanks to scientists in the US.