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WEBYour personal guide to a cleaner, cooler future. At The Cool Down, we're all about making it easy to help yourself while helping the planet. The lifestyle solutions we've curated here feature partners you can trust across a wide range of everyday activities — everything from the way you power your home to the way you buy your food to the way ...
Company makes game-changing discovery with new 'fireproof' …
WEB1 day ago · The company's Qurmit energy storage unit uses gel lead-acid technology in the chemistry to help make it "100% fire safe," according to the product's specifications. Common lithium-ion packs carry rare yet serious combustion risks that are well-publicized when they happen.. Fire safety is one of many perks Qurmit makers are touting. It can operate at temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees ...
DIY expert reveals how to fix your shoes that are too …
WEB1 day ago · Set a cloth on top of a plank of wood. Then put the heel of your shoe against the cloth so that it's perpendicular to the wood. Wrap the cloth inside the shoe to provide a cushion and then hammer away at the inside of the heel.
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WEBThe Cool Down is all about making it easy to help yourself while helping the planet. The way we shop, the way we eat, the way we get around, the way we power, heat, and cool our homes — all this and more is already changing thanks to clean tech and innovation. We believe the best is still to come in the years ahead, and we want to connect you ...
Scientists make incredible self-healing concrete out of bacteria — …
WEB1 day ago · It activates when a crack develops, all per the experts. "The great advantage of self-healing concrete is that the concrete is repairing itself," Paine said. In the YouTube clip, Paine shows a small block that had cracked. The bacteria went to work, filling the fissure with a mineral layer. "All that's left is a very tiny scar," Paine points out.
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WEBSolar company unveils new vehicle-to-home technology powered by customers' EVs: 'No other market player has done this'. News, reviews, and information about electric vehicles, EV range, EV charging, and EV batteries from The Cool Down.
New study shows unexpected upside of households with rooftop …
WEB5 days ago · Lead author Nick Laws said: "A lot of times, the hardware on the grid is near the end of life." When individuals and companies use non-wires alternatives like rooftop solar, community solar, and battery storage, they reduce demand on the grid hardware, extending its life. The researchers found that the cost of providing electricity to a neighborhood-size area would be about $7.2 million per ...
TCD climate lessons: 5 things we've been getting wrong - The …
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Climate communicators have been doing it wrong. That's the upshot of six months of actionable and often contrarian insights produced by our team at The Cool Down (TCD), the first mainstream climate brand. We've gleaned these data points by analyzing audience behavior — views, clicks, shares, sign-ups, and more — across thousands of articles and social posts reaching upward of 20 million ...
Researchers develop futuristic system to solve colossal energy …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Chanwoo Park, a University of Missouri researcher and professor, has devised a new cooling system to reduce temperatures and improve efficiency in data centers as the need for them continues to expand.. Data centers and their extensive racks of servers account for about 4% of all electricity use in the U.S. as of 2022, as Tech Xplore reported.It takes about 40% of that energy to run cooling ...