energy efficiency

This Detroit startup is turning to utilities to make home efficiency upgrades cheaper

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Ask any homeowner: renovation projects are no fun at all. From finding a contractor to determining a fair price, the process is rife with uncertainty.  Plenty of startups have popped up to help homeowners tackle electrification projects, including installing solar panels and replacing gas furnaces with heat pumps. But they still struggle with the cost […]

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Trump admin plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program

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For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program has helped consumers save a collective $40 billion in annual energy costs. Now, the Trump administration wants to wind it down, according to a report from CNN.  The Energy Star program, which has a budget of $32 million, is a public-private partnership that works

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Trump administration plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program

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For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program has helped consumers save a collective $40 billion in annual energy costs. Now, the Trump administration wants to wind it down, according to a report from CNN.  The Energy Star program, which has a budget of $32 million, is a public-private partnership that works

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How DeepSeek’s efficient AI could stall the nuclear renaissance

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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 model, which appears to perform nearly as well as leading models from Google and OpenAI, despite the company’s claim that it used a relatively modest number of GPUs to train it. DeepSeek’s relative efficiency has experts and investors questioning whether AI really

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AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution

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Chances are you’ve been there: Your formerly hot shower suddenly turns cold, darkening your mood in the process.  Maybe someone in your household took an extra shower or you did a few too many loads of laundry. It’s a classic case of supply not meeting demand. Michael Rigney thinks he can predict when a household

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Gorilla, a Belgian startup that helps energy providers crunch big data, raises $25M

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Gorilla, a Belgian company that serves the energy sector with real-time data and analytics for pricing and forecasting, has raised €23 million ($25 million) in a Series B round led by U.S. venture capital firm Headline. Founded in 2018, Antwerp-based Gorilla works with energy providers across Europe, the U.S. and Australia, including British Gas’ parent

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