NEW TECHNOLOGIES

United States. Dandelion, an extension of google, recently unveiled a smart heating and air conditioning system that uses floor energy to regulate home temperature.

Colombia. The Ministry of Mines and Energy issued Decree 0570 of March 23, 2018, which establishes guidelines to promote the long-term contracting of electricity generation projects from renewable sources and complementary to the current ones.

United States. West Liberty Foods, a meat processor, uses four cold storage facilities located in West Liberty and Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Tremonton, Utah, and, since 2014, Bolinbrook, Illinois.

International. Every time we convert energy from one form to another, some of that energy is lost as heat. Trying to recover that energy efficiently is very difficult once it is lost in the environment.

International. Industrial waste heat often cannot be reused due to its low temperature. A new material developed at the University of Kiel, Germany, now allows its use in environmentally friendly refrigeration systems in the construction sector.