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Through the Better Buildings Initiative, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is collaborating with public and private sector organisations to improve the energy efficiency of commercial, public, industrial and residenitial buildings, thus enabling the owners to reduce costs and emissions while boosting economic growth.

Global warming is one of the toughest challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century and its consequences, which are already apparent, are leading to increasingly intense debate over how to mitigate its effects. In order to appreciate the entity of this problem and the importance of taking immediate action, we should take a look at the data recently collected by the WWF.

The term energy storage refers to the process of capturing and storing surplus energy produced from various sources, especially renewable ones.

The European Commission has published a detailed impact assessment of possible routes towards achieving climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. According to data collected, the most promising strategy seems to be to obtain a 90% reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 1990 levels by the year 2040.

The concept of Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) has emerged as a promising solution offering a flexible and convenient way to meet data storage requirements. In today’s modern digital world, data management is a key element in companies and for individuals, due to the exponential rise in the quantity of information generated.

The USA has introduced restrictions on HFCs following heated debate involving government agencies and leading members of the American air conditioning sector. Details of important changes to legislation were announced by the Federal Government’s United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).