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...
by steve | Mar 25, 2019 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Building Information Modelling (BIM), #Data analytics, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Standardization, Blog Posts, BUILDING_PEOPLE, ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, BUILDING'S FUTURE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), General Building Information, Facts & Knowledge, Replace Pictures for old content, Strategy & Business Model Innovation
This post explores: The building process, historically plagued by disorder and inefficiency, is now poised for transformative change driven by technological advancements like BIM, IoT, and integrated solutions, which enable greater coordination, efficiency, and...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that PHS and CAES are large-scale technologies capable of discharge times of tens of hours but are geographically limited. Several EES technologies are in research phases, but five storage technology types are considered deployed: Pumped Hydroelectric...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know 2.5% of delivered electric power in the U.S. is cycled through a storage facility. For comparison, 10% of delivered power in Europe and 15% of delivered power in Japan are cycled through energy storage...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know as of June 2018, the U.S. had over 25.2 GW of rated power in energy storage compared to 1,082 GW of total in service installed generation capacity. Globally, installed energy storage totaled 175.8...
by steve | Feb 25, 2019 | BUILDING'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.
