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DYK: Garbage Can Cost You

by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE

Did you know the generation of MSW from private consumption in the U.S. is approximately $21.32 per pound or 47 lbs per thousand dollars? Comparable generation rates (in lbs/thousand dollars) are 40 in the UK, 50 in Sweden, and 61 in...

DYK: Waste, Waste As Far As You Can See

by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE

Did you know total annual Municipal Solid Waste generation in the U.S. has increased by 73% since 1980, to the current level of about 262 million tons per year? Can you imagine what it is now!? Further, generation increased by 22% over the same time period, from 3.7...

DYK: Pumped Hydroelctric Storage

by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)

Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing the water from the higher reservoir through a hydroelectric turbine only when electricity is needed? 94% of U.S. energy storage is from...

DYK: Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)

by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)

DYK-Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) CAES captures and stores compressed air in an underground cavern. To create electricity, the pressurized air is heated and expanded in an expansion turbine, driving a generator. As of June 2018, there are 4 operating CAES...

DYK: Advanced Battery Energy Storage (ABES)

by | Mar 25, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)

Did you know that ABES stores electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, which is then converted back into electricity when needed? Batteries contain two electrodes (anode and cathode), two terminals composed of different chemicals, and the electrolyte that...

DYK: Flywheel Energy Storage (FES)

by | Mar 25, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)

Did you know that in 2018, flywheels accounted for 0.058 GW of rated power in the U.S. and have efficiencies between 85-87%. FES systems store electric energy via kinetic energy by spinning a rotor in a frictionless enclosure?.. The rotor is sped up or down to shift...
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