International Meeting Point for the Energy Storage Industry: ees Europe 2016 Opens its Doors
Today marks the start of ees Europe 2016. At Europe's largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, exhibitors from all around the world are set to showcase the most up-to-date products, services and solutions in renewable energy storage until June 24, 2016. This year, ees Europe is taking place in parallel with Intersolar Europe, the world's leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners.
LOYTEC enhances the connectivity of its devices
L-INX Automation ServerLOYTEC, the specialist in building automation extends some of its devices with new and powerful features. From now on, certain devices support...
New super-efficient Siemens HQ slashes energy use, ups style
After three years of construction work, Siemens has moved into its new headquarters in Munich, Germany. It has apparently cut its annual CO2 emissions by the equivalent of 5.6 million km (3.5 million mi) of air travel, consumes 90 percent less electricity than Siemen's previous HQ and uses 75 percent less water.
VFD, motor strategies for energy efficiency
A variable frequency drive (VFD) often is specified to reduce operational cost for pumps, fans, compressors, or any similar equipment with variable...
Driving data center design: Fire and life safety
In the information age, data centers can be the beating heart of not just a building, but an entire global corporation. Fire suppression systems...
Germany: BNP Paribas Real Estate publishes office market and investment figures for the first...
New turnover record in office markets: Take-up of almost 1.76 million square metres in first six months of 2016
Beijing tower reflects on energy efficiency with trapezoidal glass facade
From a distance, the Beijing Greenland Center recently-completed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) may look like any of the other rectangular skyscrapers that dot China's capital city. Look a little closer, however, and you'll see that the tower features an elegant trapezoidal glass facade that's claimed to improve its energy performance.
Zaha Hadid-designed skyscraper planned for Qatar
Despite the death of its founder, Zaha Hadid Architects is set to stay in business for a while longer yet ? as confirmed by the announcement of a new skyscraper for Qatar's first sustainable city, Lusail. The as-yet unnamed tower is due for completion in 2020.
ABB launches world?s fastest, most sensitive drone-based gas leak detection and greenhouse gas measuring...
HoverGuard? will transform safety and environmental measurement capabilities for operators of millions of kilometers of pipelines traversing the globe.
Pipelines often cross inaccessible terrain to...
Urban Digital Twins set to create the first real world Metaverse for the decarbonization...
Digital Twins are forecast to form the essential building blocks of a Metaverse which connects the physical world with the virtual, enabling optimal urban...