by steve | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
A geothermal power plant emits roughly 11 times less carbon dioxide (CO2) )per unit electricity that the average U.S. coal power plant.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know Geothermal energy is derived from the natural heat of the earth. It exists in both high enthalpy (volcanoes, geysers) and low enthalpy forms (heat stored in rocks in the Earth’s crust)? Nearly all heating and cooling applications utilize low...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that PV conversion efficiency is the percentage of incident solar energy that a PV converts to electricity. For production modules, conversion efficiency is 6% to 21%.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know on average, 1.05 x 105 terawatts (TW) of solar radiation reach the Earth’s surface, while global electricity demand averages 2.4 TW.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING INDUSTRY'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE
Did you know that due to congestion in urban areas, an additional 6.9 billion hours of travel time and an extra 3.1 billion gallons of fuel are use by urban Americans in 2014?
