Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution-processed lead-halide perovskites are surprisingly efficient at converting solar energy into electricity. Their efficiency is approaching ...

Electric HVAC systems can help you keep your home comfortable using a fraction of the energy. We spoke to experts to find out just how efficient they are. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who ...

This year, America’s total spending to build data centers—the hardware behind artificial intelligence—will exceed the country’s construction spending on all commercial offices. Thus it was no surprise ...

Context switching carries hidden costs that drain productivity and slow business growth. Continuous improvement — not perfection — keeps businesses efficient, resilient and competitive. After decades ...

How can energy-efficient light bulbs, bricks, and buildings cut costs and improve energy security? In this episode of The Development Podcast, we discover that energy efficiency doesn’t just save ...

Steam turbine technology is not stagnant. Advanced designs are incorporating innovations in blade design, advanced materials, precision manufacturing, and high-energy steam cycles, delivering ...

This paper examines the efficiency of the Value Added Tax (VAT), focusing on its role as a revenue-raising tool and its use to achieve non-revenue objectives. The analysis highlights the VAT's ...

Despite numerous advances, energy efficiency is often misunderstood. Too frequently, it’s equated with cost-cutting or making do with less. But for today’s commercial leaders, efficiency is about ...

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced enhanced efficiency levels for its NEMA Premium® program, voluntarily raising the bar for energy efficiency in electric motors used ...

The paper benchmarks Ireland’s public spending efficiency to peer countries in infrastructure, health, and education using a variety of indicators and maps the efficiency frontiers in these sectors ...

An app nearly prevented me from picking up my own child this week. My younger daughter’s day camp has a convoluted, high-tech authorization system. Before camp started, I needed to log into its ...

Energy efficiency is a transformative, low-cost solution that can fast-track access to affordable and secure energy and boost economic growth. Amid soaring power demand, driven in part by air ...