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Novele EnergyBoard Completes Large-Scale Fire Testing Based on UL 9540A 6th Edition
May 22, 2026
Testing of an alternative cell supports a more than 60% reduction in required clearance space
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Novele Completes New York City's Resilient Energy Studio After Eight Months of Collaboration with FDNY and the Department of Buildings
February 23, 2026
NYCEDC and Newlab program paired participants with city regulators on live indoor storage projects and returned the findings to the policy process
The Speed Tax: Why AI’s Power Hunger Isn’t About Total Energy. It’s About Time
January 8, 2026
Imagine you need to solve a complex equation. You have two options:
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The Office Tower as a Power Plant: Why Real Estate Owners Are Becoming Grid Players
December 18, 2025
A 21-story Manhattan office tower: $5M in added value, $250K annual cash flow increase. A California industrial building: $600K NOI boost. Same asset, zero operational changes, just intelligent energy management reshaping their demand in real time.
Novele Commences EnergyBoard Deployment Across Six California Big-Box Retail Locations
December 15, 2025
Setting the stage for a scalable rollout across a portfolio of more than 1,700 stores
The Grid Isn’t Broken. Your Building Is.
December 4, 2025
Here's a mind-bending fact: We're about to spend $720 billion rebuilding America's electrical grid, using the same design principles that created today's mess.
Novele EnergyBoard System Deployed at the ASPEN Laboratory at Southern Methodist University
November 17, 2025
Live laboratory testing pairs Novele hardware with SMU battery modeling research to advance cell health and system longevity
Novele Launches AI-Powered Energy Intelligence Platform for the Built Environment
September 24, 2025
Models the value stack available to any commercial building, then sizes a system and delivers a complete proposal in minutes
Novele Named Semi-Finalist in the LA Resilient Rebuilding Cup Hosted by LACI
July 24, 2025
Competition focused on resilient energy infrastructure as Los Angeles rebuilds and prepares for LA28
Novele EnergyBoard System Completes Large-Scale Fire Testing, Achieving Level 1 Designation
July 10, 2025
Test methodology drew on requirements from the updated UL 9540A draft, CSA/ANSI C800:25 and UL 9540B
Novele Unveils RippleBoard, a Rack-Level Power Conditioning Platform for High-Density GPU Deployments
April 21, 2025
Platform addresses rapid changes in rack power as AI workloads push density beyond what existing infrastructure was designed for
Demand: The Grid Killer
April 17, 2025
This isn’t about clean vs. dirty energy. It’s about whether society can function.
Novele CTO Dr. Geng Niu at the MIT Energy Conference: Peak Demand Is Created Inside the Building
March 3, 2025
Discussions centered on electrical infrastructure constraints and load management in the built environment – with the case made for hardware-enabled software controls
Novele’s EnergyBoard Achieves UL 1973, UL 9540 and UN 38.3 Certifications and Completes UL 9540A Testing
January 21, 2025
Certification set addresses the safety questions that govern whether energy storage can be sited inside an occupied building
