{"id":319,"date":"2013-09-23T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nm.cms-devl.bu.edu\/everett\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T15:37:09","slug":"hot-stuff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom-magazine\/fall13\/hot-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soaring energy bills are enough to get anyone<\/strong> hot under the collar: The average US commercial monthly electric bill is $657; in the industrial sector, that figure hits $7,414. The heating and cooling of commercial buildings accounts for 36 percent of national electric utility demand and 18 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>A new venture, founded at Boston University, could help cut heating, ventilation, and cooling costs by 20 percent, without any installation or manual labor outlays. Aeolus Building Efficiency, a collaboration of students and faculty from SMG and BU College of Engineering, has developed software that enables room-by-room measurement and optimization of airflow rates, reducing energy consumption while maintaining thermal comfort. Aeolus won the energy efficiency category of the 2013 MIT Clean Energy Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The best news for those in charge of paying the bills? With no hefty installation costs, there\u2019s barely any wait for the payback.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship &amp; Commercialization to find out more and read about other SMG News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soaring energy bills are enough to get anyone hot under the collar: The average US commercial monthly electric bill is $657; in the industrial sector, that figure hits $7,414. 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