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New Model Estimates Energy Consumption and Emissions for Residential Buildings

In Finland, everyday residential life accounts for more than 30 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from private consumption. Within the Academy of Finland’s Research Programme on Climate Change (FICCA), a model has been developed that facilitates the computational estimation of the energy consumption and emissions for all residential buildings in any given area.

11 Apr 2013

ACS Awards Grants in a New Initiative to Understand Science Underpinning Global Climate Change

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced awarding the first grants in a new initiative intended to increase understanding of the science underpinning global climate change among thousands of people around the country.

8 Apr 2013

New Study Analyzes Climate Change Impact on Winning of Endurance Racers

Researchers in Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment recently looked into whether the effects of climate change can be found in the winning times of Boston Marathon runners. The study, titled “Effects of Warming Temperatures on Winning Times in the Boston Marathon,” was published last year in the journal PLOS ONE.

6 Apr 2013

New Study Highlights the Effect of Clouds on Ice Melting

If the sheet of ice covering Greenland were to melt in its entirety tomorrow, global sea levels would rise by 24 feet.

4 Apr 2013

EKIESL Emerges as India's Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate

EKI Energy Services Limited emerged as India's First Largest Private Indian Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) for off-setting the Organizational Carbon Foot Prints, through voluntary participation in last month's REC-trading session on 28th March 2013.

3 Apr 2013

CO2 Can Be Captured More Economically Using Waste Heat

In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found that CO2 can be removed more economically using "waste" heat -- low-grade steam that cannot be used to produce electricity.

30 Mar 2013