{"id":17557,"date":"2025-01-31T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/new-technology-could-make-fridges-cheaper-and-more-eco-friendly\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T07:37:18","slug":"new-technology-could-make-fridges-cheaper-and-more-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/new-technology-could-make-fridges-cheaper-and-more-eco-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"New technology could make fridges cheaper and more eco-friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using thermogalvanic technology as cooling mechanism may significantly reduce power usage, research says <\/p>\n<p>A novel use of technology could make refrigerators cheaper and more environmentally friendly, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic refrigerators and freezers consumed close to 4% of global electricity in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0140700723000324\">according to one estimate<\/a>, so an innovation that significantly reduces their power usage would not be insignificant.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jan\/31\/new-technology-could-make-fridges-cheaper-more-eco-friendly\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1ce148c4ffc60ddb3205289e94933a912ee881bb\/0_396_6048_3628\/master\/6048.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a4150cfb0e1ad3483ccb581738ba548a\" title=\"New technology could make fridges cheaper and more eco-friendly\" \/>Using thermogalvanic technology as cooling mechanism may significantly reduce power usage, research says<br \/>\nA novel use of technology could make refrigerators cheaper and more environmentally friendly, according to a report.<br \/>\nDomestic refrigerators and freezers consumed close to 4% of global electricity in 2019, according to one estimate, so an innovation that significantly reduces their power usage would not be insignificant. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using thermogalvanic technology as cooling mechanism may significantly reduce power usage, research says A novel use of technology could make refrigerators cheaper and more environmentally friendly, according to a report. Domestic refrigerators and freezers consumed close to 4% of global electricity in 2019, according to one estimate, so an innovation that significantly reduces their power &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/new-technology-could-make-fridges-cheaper-and-more-eco-friendly\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New technology could make fridges cheaper and more eco-friendly<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17557"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}