Air conditioners hum through millions of homes, yet cooling energy demand is often treated as a fixed cost of comfort. Consumers assume the future will look much like today with a slightly bigger bill, and the models governments use to plan for a warmer world do the same, freezing the weather at decades-old temperatures. A research team from Peking University decided to thaw those frozen weather stats. They fed updated temperature projections into a global model that ties building energy use to outdoor weather, revealing a substantial gap between actual and prior forecasted cooling energy demand. Read more |
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Chevron will fuel a Microsoft data center in West Texas with natural gas under a 20-year agreement, the oil major announced recently. The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to the power needed to run about 2 million homes. Most of the electricity will come from large gas turbines supplied by Chevron’s partner, GE Vernova. The power is dedicated to the data center and will not be connected to the electric grid. Read more
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Heat pumps give home values a boost, according to a new report by the nonprofit Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative, a customer-intelligence platform called 257 and the National Association of Realtors. Their analysis showed that homeowners who install a heat pump can recoup up to a quarter of its cost just by mentioning it in real estate listings when they’re ready to sell. Read more
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Lennox recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Heat Controller, an HVAC equipment supplier. Heat Controller serves distributors across North America through its Comfort-Aire and Century brands. Read more
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Join ASHRAE Journal Associate Editor Allison Hambrick along with guests Max Rohr and Paige Knowles as they discuss best practices for hiring, building a productive and comfortable work environment, and how to encourage more people to enter the HVAC industry.
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By Kurt Monteiro, P.Eng.
To better meet patient needs, the North York General Hospital (NYGH) Minor Procedures Centre relocated from NYGH’s Finch site to the third floor of a commercial office building in 2019. To address the mechanical concerns of adding operating rooms into a commercial office building, maximize usable space and meet the client’s energy efficiency goals, a hydronic air-source heat pump was used as the best possible solution. Download here
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ASHRAE joins organizations, governments and industry partners around the globe in recognizing World Refrigeration Day on June 26. This year's theme, "Cool Intelligence," showcases the innovation, expertise and advanced technologies that are transforming refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems to operate more efficiently, sustainably and intelligently. Read more
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Because of their scale, soccer stadiums require a fair amount of energy and water. A single match activates all their systems at the same time: field irrigation, toilets, lighting, ventilation, and services for tens of thousands of people. Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the first to be held in three countries in 16 different stadiums, FIFA maintained the requirement that the venues must have LEED environmental certifications. For a stadium like Azteca in Mexico City, which opened in 1966, this involved major transformations costing tens of millions of dollars. Read more
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