ATLANTA — ASHRAE recently approved job task analyses for the Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and High Performance Building Design Professional (HBDP) certification exams to support ...
Constructing new buildings and single-family homes to be all-electric out of the gate, as opposed to merely “electric-ready”, is likely an economically preferable route to building decarbonization, a ...
Building decarbonization – through electrification and energy efficiency – is key to expanding the clean energy economy and reaching ambitious climate goals, but it’s one area where even governments ...
Buildings are responsible for nearly 40% of annual carbon dioxide emissions. Of that 40%, 28% can be attributed to everyday building operations including heating and cooling. As the world moves toward ...
“The Emerald City” is about to embrace even more shades of green, thanks to Seattle’s recently signed building decarbonization policy. On Dec. 13, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell approved the local ...
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd, Elevate, and Illinois Green today announced that a proposal to expand building electrification in Illinois has been selected for a $4.5 million grant from the U.S.
A broad coalition of environmental, housing and education advocacy groups say they have a plan to help Massachusetts meet one of its most challenging climate goals: “decarbonizing,” or dramatically ...
NEW YORK — B locPower, a climate technology company focused on greening America's buildings, announced a fundraising round of $150 million, including more than $24 million of Series B corporate equity ...
We are witnessing the remarkable transformation of the U.S. building sector with record emissions reductions that began in 2005. In the U.S., from the Industrial Revolution (late 1700s) to 2005, as ...
The World Meteorological Association forecasts a grim reality; it anticipates a 66% likelihood that, in at least one of the next five years, the annual average near-surface global temperature will ...
One of Burns & McDonnell’s recent decarbonization projects was the TIGER (Thermally Integrated Geo-Exchange Resource) building for Princeton University. This single-story structure combines ...