Heating & Cooling Technology

 Home Heating in the U.S. – Electrification Has Limitations and Hydrocarbons Have Some Advantages. March 7, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Home Heating in the U.S. – Electrification Has Limitations and Hydrocarbons Have Some Advantages

New Heat Pump Designs and Applications: Cold-Climate Heat Pumps, Capacitor-Based Heat Pump Research, and Heat Pumps for EVs That Can Reduce Winter Range Loss. January 12, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Heat Pump Designs and Applications: Cold-Climate Heat Pumps, Capacitor-Based Heat Pump Research, and Heat Pumps for EVs That Can Reduce Winter Range Loss

Condensing Gas Furnace Technology, DOE’s New Furnace Efficiency Rule, and Objections to the Rule. June 29, 2024.  Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Condensing Gas Furnace Technology, DOE’s New Furnace Efficiency Rule, and Objections to the Rule

Industrial Heat Pumps: Varieties, Low Carbon Process Heat, Refrigerant Blends, Geothermal Apps, and Market Forecast. August 15, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Industrial Heat Pumps: Varieties, Low Carbon Process Heat, Refrigerant Blends, Geothermal Apps, and Market Forecast

Solar Thermal Applications for Process Heat: Webinar Summary/Review and More. November 25, 2024. November 25, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Solar Thermal Applications for Process Heat: Webinar Summary/Review and More

Incorporating Thermochemical Materials (TCMs) into HVAC Systems to Improve System Efficiency, December 14, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Incorporating Thermochemical Materials (TCMs) into HVAC Systems to Improve System Efficiency

Boosting Thermal Conductivity with Nanofluids as New Working Fluids, and Turbulators: New Research. February 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Boosting Thermal Conductivity with Nanofluids as New Working Fluids, and Turbulators: New Research

Super-Efficient Air Conditioners Show Phenomenal Results in Field Trials in India. May 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Super-Efficient Air Conditioners Show Phenomenal Results in Field Trials in India

Additively Manufactured Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Design Offers 30% to 50% Performance Improvement, May 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Additively Manufactured Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Design Offers 30% to 50% Performance Improvement

Copper Smelting Plant in Germany Also Heats Water for District Heating: An Exothermic Reaction Produces the Recoverable Heat Chemically. July 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Copper Smelting Plant in Germany Also Heats Water for District Heating: An Exothermic Reaction Produces the Recoverable Heat Chemically

Used Cooking Oil as a Drop-In Replacement for Fuel Oil in Buildings: Lifecycle Renewables’ Truburn Offers Big Emissions Reduction, a Beneficial Circular Economy, and UCO Market Projections. October 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Used Cooking Oil as a Drop-In Replacement for Fuel Oil in Buildings: Lifecycle Renewables’ Truburn Offers Big Emissions Reduction, a Beneficial Circular Economy, and UCO Market Projections 

Innovations in the Cooling of Buildings: Heat Pumps, Centrifugal Chillers, District Cooling, Absorption Chillers, Geothermal Cooling, Cool Roofs, and New Refrigerants. November 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Innovations in the Cooling of Buildings: Heat Pumps, Centrifugal Chillers, District Cooling, Absorption Chillers, Geothermal Cooling, Cool Roofs, and New Refrigerants

Hybrid Cooling Technology for Thermal Power Being Explored for Fermi America’s 11GW Data Center Hub. December 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Hybrid Cooling Technology for Thermal Power Being Explored for Fermi America’s 11GW Data Center Hub