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...The market for artificial intelligence is not the only thing heating up. So, too, are the chips and servers that power the cutting-edge technology, driving demand for more efficient cooling solutions....
...“Nobody will support decarbonisation if it means giving up heating their home in the winter or cooling it in the summer. Or if the cost of doing so is prohibitive.”...
...Meanwhile, wood fibre is used for insulation, reducing the need for heating (the heat that is needed is supplied via air source heat pumps)....
...Aside from climate change, there is the ever-present threat of pests and diseases; from Dutch Elm disease to Ash Dieback and oak processionary moth....
...A state-of-the-art heating-cooling-ventilation system was also put in. The natural hole became a skylight, with custom-built electronic window panels and blackout blinds....
...Why The property benefits from solar power and has a geothermal heating system. The oak floors inside and the sun deck outside are made from repurposed wood....
...Here’s a box of tarnished brass handles in a rusty tin. Paint? Take your pick. Who needs Farrow & Ball when you have a couple of hundred cans of paint through the ages to choose from?...
...Heating bills are minimal but there is no active cooling. Yet this summer, the 50cm thick insulation and air-tightness — usually meant to keep out extreme cold — effectively kept the heat out....
...The glassmaking process involves heating then cooling; the couple use gas for their furnace and electricity for the cooling kilns....
...The traditional stone-and-lime exterior belies the sleek Danish-inflected delightfulness of the interiors – a series of unfinished-oak “boxes” housing a living room, bespoke kitchen and bathroom....
...In 2010, nuclear provided more than 11 per cent of Japan’s total energy, including transport and heating, and the country had ambitions to increase that figure further....
...We tend to use two types: birch — good for flame and flavour; oak — good for sustained heat and gentle smoke. Oak works well with salmon or any oily fish, as well as beef....
...It looks like someone’s thrown a tin of green paint in the water.”...
...Under a temporary tin canopy, 600-year-old oak trusses sagged under a stone roof. The sheep farmers who still lived here were confined to two rooms with no flushing toilet....
...The stainless-steel bird has a beak made from old oak....
...Its key standard is annual energy consumption for heating and cooling of not more than 15 kilowatt hours per square metre, far lower than the figure for normal low-energy buildings of 50 kWh/sq metre, let...
...The retreat means that PPG, led by chief executive Michael McGarry, faces a six-month ‘cooling off’ period, during which it cannot make further bids for Akzo under Dutch takeover rules....
...Consequently, it needs no heating in winter or cooling in summer. Here and elsewhere, the challenge is to reduce the use of non-renewable materials such as concrete, steel and glass....
...It makes car batteries (a business it acquired); interior components for automobiles (acquired); and heating and cooling systems for buildings....
...The pact’s central goal is to keep global warming to well below 2C from pre-industrial times — a target requiring an unprecedented shift towards cleaner forms of electricity, transport, cooling and heating...
...The battleground over food delivery services is heating up as Uber prepares to launch a new restaurant delivery service in Paris, Melbourne and half a dozen US cities in the coming weeks....
...The figures come a time when investors are increasingly concerned about cooling valuations for Silicon Valley start-ups, many of which put more emphasis on growth than on profits....
...“People look at the label and decide they’d rather pay £2.50 for one of our tins than 50p for a tin of jelly and reconstituted meat,” says Ms Sawle. Fur has been flying over some claims....
...The app also enables remote functions such as starting, heating or cooling and more....
...There is a lot of scope for using “innate thermal storage” in this way in both heating and cooling applications, Ms Bell says: “It is sensible first to make the most cost-effective changes by managing demand...
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