Electric Lawn Mowers
It’s a great time to electrify your lawnmower! With high gasoline prices, it is practical to investigate the benefits of […]
Downers Grove Net Zero Wastewater Treatment with Bio-gas
Innovative leadership and collaboration with the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation has allowed the Downers Grove Sanitary District WWTP to become a net-zero energy plant. Read how the district has reduced costs and increased resiliency by running their plant with bio-gas produced on site.
New Construction Building Envelope
A high performance envelope (exterior shell) is only achievable in a cost-effective way during the original design and construction process. The […]
Energy efficiency workforce: Raising awareness
The energy efficiency sector has a high demand for workers–especially in the HVAC technician and construction industries–yet few young people […]
Energy Burden and COVID-19
Low-income households, minority households, and rental households have a higher energy burden on average. That is, they spend a larger […]
Q&A: Healthy Buildings During COVID-19
This Q and A contains responses to questions that were raised at a webinar SEDAC delivered on August 18, 2020: […]
Building a Resilient Energy Efficiency Workforce
The economic effects of the pandemic have devastated many job sectors, including the energy efficiency sector. In Illinois, there are […]
Air Side Economizer Code Requirements: FAQs
Figure 1. Diagram of an air-side economizer. Source: energystar.gov We are often asked about air-side economizers; we get questions about […]
Why Hydrogen May be Renewable Energy’s Best Bet
Read Tim Lindsey’s latest article, published in Industry Week, about why Hydrogen may be renewable energy’s best bet.