by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
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 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
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 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
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?
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that in 2015, 58.65 billion passenger-miles (PM) were traveled on public transit, and 3 trillion vehicle-miles are traveled (VMT) on public roads each year.
by | Feb 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know approximately 82% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950 and by 2050, 90% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population is projected to live in urban areas?
by | Nov 5, 2018 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that Wasteful Energy uses in residential homes include the following and that these together they represent approximately 39% of all residential primary energy use? Heating and cooling unoccupied homes and rooms Inefficient appliances Thermostat...
