Making Homes Smarter, Cooler and Cleaner

Posted in UCFToday
Link: Making Homes Smarter, Cooler and Cleaner
Author: Robert Stephens

This article details how UCF researchers are exploring ways to retrofit air conditioning systems to help all of us reduce our costs and carbon output, comfortably. “This project fits the reason FSEC was established 50 years ago and the reason I joined them 15 years ago,” says Karen Fenaughty. “It would be satisfying to know we’ve created a win-win for homeowners and contractors, and a big win for the environment.”

DOE Invests $32 Million to Help Eliminate Natural Gas Flaring at Oil Production Operations

Posted in Energy.Gov
Link: DOE Invests $32 Million to Help Eliminate Natural Gas Flaring at Oil Production Operations
Author: Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management 

FSEC partner, M2X, awarded funds for projects that develop approaches to transform otherwise wasted gas into value-added products while lowering atmospheric emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas.