As EV Charging Demand Surges, Multifamily Owners Get Into the Game
Electric vehicles (EV) have been around for decades, but the industry reached a critical point in 2022. Headlines proliferated last year about EV’s moment “finally…
Can Tech Help Commercial Properties Harness The Power Of The Wind?
The idea of rooftop wind turbines seems to make perfect sense. Urban areas can be plenty windy, and the higher you place the turbines atop…
Vehicle-to-Grid Tech May Give Property Owners Another Reason To Install EV Chargers
The promise that electric vehicles (EVs) would soon dominate the auto industry has been a dream of auto industry innovators since 1914 when Henry Ford…
Don’t Tread on My AC
Nearly every major issue in American politics can be boiled down to a battle between individual and collective rights.
Interactive Grids Help Buildings and Cities Prepare for Peak Demand Days
The way we power our world is changing. While electricity is one of the greatest wonders of science, as we’ve relied more heavily on it…
Meet the Power Plant of the Future
America’s electric power system is undergoing radical change as it transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy. While the first decade of the 2000s saw…
Living, Power-Producing Buildings That Go Beyond Sustainability
Many believe the sustainability goal of reducing energy consumption won't be enough to help the world meet climate change objectives. More than half of humanity's…
The Building Electrification Push Has Only Just Begun
If you listen to the oil and gas industry, natural gas is a cheap, clean, and plentiful energy resource that can act as a ‘bridge…
Christmas Lights Helped Bring About the Age of Electrification
The story of Christmas lights, at least of the modern electric ones that we all adorn our abodes with today, starts in a train car…
Microgrids Are The Past and Future of Our Electrical Consumption
When Thomas Edison's first electrical systems were installed in the 1880s only a few privileged homes in New York City could afford it. One of…