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facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman
Two fires in two months at a California utility-scale battery storage facility highlight the long-known fire risk of lithium-ion batteries. “Although the flames were extinguished in a few days, the metaphorical smoke is still clearing,” an MIT Technology Review story on the fire said. The Moss Landing Power Plant, where the fires occurred, is the world’s largest collection of batteries on the grid, the article says.
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1 week ago |
facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman
Automatic interconnection switches are becoming an important part of facilities managers’ strategy for using microgrids to reduce energy costs, Robert Benavidez, business development manager of renewables at ASCO Power Technologies, said in a May 1 webcast. The switches are based on technology developed about a decade ago. Their use was incorporated into the National Electrical Code in 2017.
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1 week ago |
facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman
Shortages of A2L-compliant refrigerant R454-B are expected to persist through the third quarter, so it might make sense for facilities managers to look at systems that use R-32 or another alternative refrigerant if they’re planning to install an HVAC system this year, some contractors and industry analysts say. “Countless companies around the globe manufacture R-32,” a Contracting Business report says.
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2 weeks ago |
facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman
It’s not common, but private companies looking to save energy through HVAC and other building system retrofits can get the same help that public entities can get by working with energy service companies, says Tim Unruh, executive director of the National Association of Energy Service Companies. That might be news to private-sector facilities managers who haven’t had a reason to give ESCOs a close look when they’ve thought about upgrading their systems, Unruh told Facilities Dive.
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2 weeks ago |
hrdive.com | Robert Freedman
In Paul Denham’s view, working in skilled trades is more than a job. It’s a career. An HVAC technician can do good work, rise through ranks and eventually become a project manager, he said. For many young people, working in skilled trades is increasingly seen as a more appealing option than pursuing a college education and possibly getting saddled with debt, said Denham, president and CEO of Southern Air, an HVAC company based in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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