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Insulation: The Cork That Doesn’t Go Into Wine Bottles

April 12, 2023 admin buildings, energy efficiency, home insulation, insulation

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:13:31 +0000

Cork Is A Wonderful Material Cork has uses ranging from place mats to flooring and has been harvested sustainably since Roman times. Because cork bark can be harvested every 9 years from long-lived cork oak trees, Europe has cork forests which support wildlife species found nowhere else. Insulation is increasingly important to reducing energy demand. […]

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$5.4 Million To Research Turning Buildings Into Carbon Storage Structures

July 19, 2022 admin arpa-e, buildings, carbon capture (ccs), cement, concrete, energy efficiency, insulation, microalgae, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:50:19 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected to receive over $5.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the development of technologies that can transform buildings into carbon storage structures. The funding is part of ARPA-E’s Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA) program, which […]