by | Apr 22, 2019 | Building's iImpact 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...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | Building's iImpact 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...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_People, Organization & Culture, Building's iImpact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: How effective team building and decision-making in building projects require fostering a “single ship” mindset where all team members recognize their interconnected stakes and collaborate for the project’s collective success,...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | AREAS OF INNOVATION, Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_People, Organization & Culture, Building's iImpact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: How the building industry must balance the adoption of new technologies with preserving the unique qualities of collaboration, creativity, and tangible accomplishment that foster personal growth, community, and self-worth among its workforce,...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Building's iImpact 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...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Building's iImpact 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...
