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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.”...
...The listed aspirin-to-weedkiller conglomerate Bayer and privately held heating and cooling maker Viessmann have very little in common....
...Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company....
...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 global average surface temperature has risen about 1.2C, compared to the 1850-1900 period, but this heating is not evenly distributed around the planet, and is particularly acute in the Arctic region...
...Singapore is now heating at approximately 0.25 degrees a decade, about double the trend in global temperatures since the 1950s, according to government scientists....
...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....
...Last but certainly not least, there is the unloved but critical subject of heating and cooling....
...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 app also enables remote functions such as starting, heating or cooling and more....
...But the home and commercial heating demand for natural gas during the polar vortex took up almost all the spare pipeline capacity....
...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...
...“With milder more variable weather ahead this month, traders are losing confidence in the heating demand call on supply,” she wrote....
...This means US utilities are continuing to close the storage deficit after stockpiles were depleted due to high usage for heating purposes during the Polar Vortex last winter....
...A Mitsubishi air source heat pump provides the limited amount of “active” heating and cooling required. In this first year it used 2,462KWh – less than a single small radiator left on for two months....
...Nest specialises in smart gadgets for the home, such as a WiFi-enabled thermostat that might cut heating and cooling bills....
...Under RFR’s ownership the building has undergone refurbishment, including modernisation of its lifts, electrics, heating and cooling systems, and the replacement of landmarked luminescent ceilings....
...For example, I use an app running on my iPad mini or iPad to check the heating and cooling settings on my home automation system, lock the doors and switch off any remaining lights just before I go to sleep...
...Things are getting hotter in the world of cooling. Daikin Industries, Japan’s biggest maker of air conditioning and heating equipment, is buying a big US counterpart – Goodman Global – for $3.7bn....
...The benchmark products are “heating degree days” and “cooling degree days”, which essentially measure deviations in temperature over a calendar month from a base level of 18 degrees Celsius....
...How much heating takes place will depend on feedbacks, both positive and negative. For example, will global warming increase the cloudiness of the atmosphere, which has a general cooling effect?...
...It features a mechanical dial with a colour display at its centre to set temperatures and schedule on-off times for heating or cooling the home....
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