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The Devens Eco-Efficiency Center is a nonprofit providing programs to help companies make more efficient choices, such as by creating The Great Exchange, a marketplace for the reuse of materials destined for the trash.
We want dual-fuel heating systems—electric heat pumps combined with gas furnaces for backup—to minimize our carbon footprints and utility bills. Currently, no one makes thermostats that would enable these systems to do these things.
“The good news is we’re starting to see more money” to fix aging HVAC systems, one expert said. “My fear is we’ll lose interest before the problem is solved.”
The University of California, Davis, is awarding $450,000 to help scientists advance compelling research and innovations toward commercial applications through two proof-of-concept grant programs. To date, these programs have delivered $2.9 million to help campus innovators overcome the primary hurdle of access to funding during one of the most challenging phases in new technology development.
Shiven Taneja, 14, is building DIY air purifiers for people in his Mississauga, Ont., neighbourhood. He's so far built around 20 of the boxes, called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes, since starting the project in mid-December.