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It was at a hotel that nearly 50 years ago the world learned of Legionnaires’ Disease—an often-deadly form of pneumonia. There in July 1976, during a three-day American Legion convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, 182 of the 2,000 attendees—including hotel staff—developed symptoms, which included fever, cough, and shortness of breath. News of the…

(Source: Adobe Stock  Many commercial buildings in the United States waste energy needlessly and have significant opportunities to become more efficient. Properties ranging from hospitals, to retail stores, to hotels can cut their utility bills by installing building energy management and control systems (BEMCS) that optimize heating, cooling, and other energy systems and help building…

Dive Brief: Rules by the U.S. Department of Energy that would effectively prevent the sale of non-condensing gas commercial water heaters and consumer furnaces in the United States in favor of more efficient condensing appliances can move forward, a federal appellate court ruled on Tuesday in a 2-1 split decision. The DOE rules on commercial…

The pipeline of U.S. data center construction projects has reached more than 500 sites and counting. With that boom comes a reckoning as communities in states from Wisconsin to Virginia scrutinize — and question — the heavy electricity, water and land requirements of what NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has dubbed “AI factories.” In early October,…

  In conversations all year, I keep hearing the argument that we’re in the middle of a “healthy correction” from the alleged ideologically driven excesses of 2018 to 2021. In response, the prevailing advice is to double down on the business case, while avoiding political backlash. Although this is a convenient narrative, it’s not a…