BF Nagy

BF Nagy

BF Nagy specializes in sustainable technology solutions, government energy initiatives and modern economics. He writes for magazines, journals and clean tech organizations all over the world. He recently completed 15 years of expert interviews for a book that is nearing completion, entitled The New Energy Age.

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Healthy Indoor Air

HVAC professionals take another look at IAQ since so many of us are spending more time at home.
June 1, 2020
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HVAC professionals take another look at IAQ since so many of us are spending more time at home.
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Zero Energy: Why Wouldn’t You?

Clean-energy systems are less expensive at scale, project teams are more educated, and data collection is completely integrated.
May 4, 2020
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Clean-energy systems are less expensive at scale, project teams are more educated, and data collection is completely integrated.
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America’s Clean Energy Secret

Texas’ Whisper Valley is a living laboratory to help progressive companies plan production-scale housing projects for a different kind of world.
March 30, 2020
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Pssst! Want to know a secret? It’s not going to be that hard to construct clean energy homes at scale.
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The Future of Electric Vehicles

If engineering superiority and cultural stigmatism don’t persuade you, the compelling economics likely will.
February 3, 2020
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If engineering superiority and cultural stigmatism don’t persuade you, the compelling economics of electric vehicles likely will.
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Modern Community Models

Reducing carbon footprints and increasing resiliency.
February 3, 2020
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My last two columns have, instead, reviewed the critical modern technologies shaping our 2010s and 2020s built environment. It’s time to return to some actual projects.
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Top 10 Clean-Building Technologies of the 2010s

They continue to make a positive impact against greenhouse gas emissions, ozone depletion and water pollution.
November 29, 2019
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As we prepare to welcome a new decade, let’s take a look back at the key clean building technologies that began to emerge in our industry — and that may be critical to our health and wellbeing in the future.
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Natural Refrigerants: Effective, Safe and Affordable

Support for natural refrigerants systems becoming more popular in public areas.
November 4, 2019
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During Climate Week in New York City in late September, while millions of schoolchildren marched in the streets in more than 1,000 cities to protest lack of action on climate breakdown, their leader, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, was in New York telling adults to stop acting like children. 
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How Will Electrification Affect Mechanical Professionals?

Many of tomorrow’s buildings are likely to be designed with precisely sized mechanicals and integration with other building and clean energy systems.
October 7, 2019
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The decarbonization of buildings is no longer an aspirational idea. The biggest cities and most progressive states in America, and in the world, have begun to finalize concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels in building systems and on the electricity grid. 
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Another Moonshot

The world is changing faster than we think as climate change becomes more pervasive.
September 3, 2019
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Although the private sector is the primary landscape for economic and cultural disruption, we are becoming less naïve about the role of governments, especially local governments, as catalysts for the needed changes.
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R-744 in Ultra-Cold Climates

Seward, Alaska, is at the forefront of large-scale trans-critical heat pump systems using C02 refrigerant.
August 6, 2019
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Crazy weather has become the norm everywhere, which is part of the reason for the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment, under which nations have agreed to move toward natural, global-warming-friendly refrigerants. 
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