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Across the U.S., heat remains the leading cause of weather-related fatalities, putting those working outdoors or in non-climate-controlled indoor spaces directly at risk. Early forecasts suggest that the summer of 2025 will be above the historical average, just after 2024 was named the hottest year on record in over a century. As extreme heat becomes…

Dive Brief: Nearly 35,000 solar power devices are remotely manageable and openly accessible to anyone from anywhere in the world, according to a new report from industrial cybersecurity firm Forescout. These exposed devices with internet-accessible management interfaces, which are made by 42 different companies, include equipment that is essential for operating solar energy infrastructure, according…

  SAVANNAH, Ga. – Facility managers can maximize resources and energy savings by focusing on targeted, small-scale HVAC interventions, according to a researcher at Stanford University. By implementing a performance-based prioritization strategy, “you can get 80% of the benefit with 20% of the work,” said Joshua Neutel, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University, presenting Tuesday…

Liquidstack, a global, full service leader in liquid cooling for data centers, today at Datacloud Global Congress unveiled its all-new GigaModular CDU—the industry’s first modular, scalable coolant distribution unit with up to 10MW of cooling capacity, made possible through the unit’s modular platform and pay-as-you-grow installation approach. Driven by dramatic increases in the adoption of…

  During the American Institute of Architects’ 2025 Conference held in Boston June 3, Autodesk released ArcGIS for Forma, a public beta for a cloud-based connection that links up Esri’s ArcGIS and Autodesk’s Forma design environment. “What customers are able to do with this update is incorporate a wide array of contextual geographic data from…

  The drive for improved building energy efficiency will help push 4% growth in the U.S. HVAC insulation market between now and 2030, to $2.5 billion, according to a summary of a Grand View Research report. Not included, though, is any analysis of how the federal government’s shift away from energy efficiency as a policy…