Articles by tag: Power
On this episode of Pro AV Today, host Ben Thomas and guest Joe Piccirilli from Rosewater Energy dig into the future of power and energy automation. They discuss the evolving role of ‘energy integrators’ who are key to managing diverse power sources in today’s homes and businesses. Joe highlights the impact of technological advancements, […]
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What’s the Difference Between Power Quality and Power Reliability?
The average home has become more automated and continues to advance technologically every year, much of it due to increasing power quality. With these improvements comes drawbacks in the form of reliability of devices, power consumption, and expectations of consumers. What is the difference between power quality and power reliability, and how do they intersect? […]
Industrial IoT
Not Your Father’s Data Center Podcast by Compass Datacenters: A Look into the Impact of COVID-19 on the Data Center Industry
The data center industry is probably not the first industry one would think of when it comes to changes from the pandemic since data is stored virtually. Tim Huffman, Vice President of CBRE, joined Host Raymond Hawkins, Chief Revenue Officer of Compass Datacenters, to discuss the surprising number of shifts that actually occurred in the […]
Building Management
What is Onlyness and How is it Relevant to the HVAC Field?
Onlyness is not a word in the dictionary, but it holds extensive meaning. Nilofer Merchant, author of The Power of Onlyness and a multitude of other books, joined Hosts Greg Crumpton and Tyler Kern to describe what onlyness is and how it relates to hands-on professions like HVAC. Merchant defined onlyness: “It is a function […]
Energy
How to Manage Tech and Policy Solutions During Infrastructure Master Planning
Richa Yadav is a mechanical engineer and sustainability consultant with the Cities group at BuroHappold and a cross-disciplinary specialist with experience in climate change mitigation and infrastructure master planning. “When it comes to city and regional governments, they have a lot of influence in how cities are shaped, which, in turn, influences how much emission […]
Energy
“The World Will Be Using More Oil & Gas in 20 Years” says Chevron CEO
Chevron Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said that the world will use more oil and gas in 10, 20 years. Wirth said that they want to incrementally improve understanding of new technologies and that the company will be methodical in doing so. Wirth spoke with Bloomberg’s Alix Steel. Watch or read the interview […]
Energy
Why Was the Texas Energy Grid Unprepared for a Major Winter Storm?
A snowstorm and brutal cold hit an unprepared energy system and left nearly five million energy customers in Texas, North Dakota, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi in the dark. Power companies in affected states had to resort to rolling power blackouts to save their networks from collapsing, leaving households and businesses without power and heat. In […]