A Dashboard for Trucking Efficiency, an HVAC Game Changer, and More Power With Less

About this episode

This episode discusses new technologies aimed at maximizing performance while minimizing energy use and costs in trucking and HVAC systems.

Disclaimer: This episode was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). Are you curious about new technologies that maximize performance while minimizing energy use and costs? If yes, this episode is for you. Learn about: A tool package that is helping trucking companies reduce fuel usage and costs by streamlining their fleet design and logistics. A breakthrough in ai...

Topics covered

• trucking efficiency
• energy use
• cost reduction
• fleet design
• logistics
• HVAC technology

Keywords

• trucking
• efficiency
• energy
• costs
• AI
• HVAC
• fleet design
• logistics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies

Products: tool package, AI

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