Category: Climate Action & Science

On exterior walls our code requires that vapour-barriers “shall beinstalled sufficiently close to the warm side of the insulation to prevent condensation at design conditions”.A couple of related questions:- Does…

Description:Multi-story wood-framed home in Panama, Central America (ASHRAE climate zone 1A — hot-humid, near-equatorial, minimal diurnal swing, high year-round outdoor absolute humidity). Looking for feedback on a diagnosis and remediation… Source: Green Building Advisor.

Located in the eastern region of Goiânia, Brazil, the Jabuticabeiras House is a 361-square-meter residence born from a couple’s desire to downsize and optimize their lifestyle. After their children moved out, their former home…

Occasionally, there is dissension among climate activists and the experts who study them about whether individual behaviors help or hurt collective climate action. In other words, if I walk the climate talk, am I…

There hasn’t really been a lot of notable news from Tesla lately. Even on hardcore Tesla fan sites, the news this year has often been little tidbits that mean more or less nothing and…

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is gradually making the transition from pilots to commercial applications. At the moment, a few automakers, including GM, Ford and Nissan, offer bidirectional charging features, but these require proprietary charging hardware,…

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . While the Trump administration is busy pointing out that the sun doesn’t shine at night , solar is breaking records around the world,…

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The United Nations Secretary-General and foreign ministers from the UK, France and Spain have blamed the deadly wildfires engulfing Europe on climate change, using the disaster to renew calls for faster cuts to greenhouse…

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into roughly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving 156 complaints of a front suspension component detaching while driving. The probe covers 2018-2020 Model…

BYD is bringing its boxy, seven-seat SUV to Europe and the UK. The Ti 7 is now on sale in the UK, and it’s even cheaper than the Land Rover Defender PHEV.

In an employee town hall, Ford CEO Jim Farley reportedly said that Chinese EVs could hit U.S. soil in as little as five years. Source: InsideEVs.