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In their Annual Energy Outlook 2025 Reference case, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected the electricity consumed for commercial computing will increase faster than any other end use in buildings. Computing accounted for an estimated 8% of commercial sector electricity consumption in 2024 and grows to 20% by 2050. Ultimately, more electricity could be consumed by computing than for any other end use in the commercial sector, including lighting, space cooling and ventilation. Read more
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Most observers think of heat pumps as small-scale heating systems for houses, businesses and apartment buildings, but XXL heat pumps are already in service and doing the same job for whole city districts. Their practice, if successful, will be an important asset in decarbonizing societies and economies. The city of Esbjerg, Denmark, is out in front, boasting two industrial-size heat pumps that provide the city of 100,000 with heat from a vast resource right off its coast, namely the Wadden Sea. The goal: to replace Esbjerg’s coal-fired power plant, at least in part, and eventually in full. Read more
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The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on July 1 will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said.
The Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar and wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key Republican senators seeking better terms for renewables. Read more
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Join ASHRAE Journal Technical Editor Rebecca Matyasovski and Joseph Schwartz as they discuss the transformation of a decommissioned power plant at Michigan State University into a state-of-the-art STEM teaching and learning facility.
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By Michael Gallagher, P.E.
Michael Gallagher recounts a mechanical experience involving a leak in a furnace room where he learned the importance of shutoff valves and unions in threaded piping; the ease of causing leaks in old threaded piping and valves whenever they are disturbed; the risks associated with having a pressure regulator in an underground vault that could be flooded; and that there is more than one type of pressure regulator. Download here
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ASHRAE has released its 2025–2028 Strategic Plan, developed to accelerate the transformation to a more sustainable built environment through global leadership in indoor environmental quality (IEQ), decarbonization and workforce development. Read more |
Held at Excel London from Nov. 19-20, 2025, elementalLONDON will deliver a two-day content program to over 4,000 specifiers from across the built environment industry. There will be five content areas with seminars and debates on all the major issues facing those tasked with decarbonizing buildings, while making them affordable, comfortable and sustainable. For more information, visit www.elementallondon.show.
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright last week announced the release of the fourth loan disbursement to Holtec to help fund the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant. This action disburses $100,451,904 of the up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec for the Palisades Nuclear Plant, which will be America’s first restart of a commercial nuclear reactor that ceased operations, subject to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals. Read more
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