Better Buildings, Bigger Savings: Why Accurate Data is Key to Decarbonization
The push to cut carbon emissions is picking up speed, and the real estate industry is right in the middle of it.
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Energy Efficiency in 2025: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Fight for Progress
In 2025, energy efficiency will be at a crossroads, facing both hurdles and opportunities as electricity demand soars and federal policies shift under a new administration and Congress.
Targeting Buildings in Addition to Customers: A New Paradigm in Energy Management
For decades, gas pipelines have powered homes and businesses, but today, this infrastructure is a major hurdle for a decarbonized future.
Exploring New Insights on Building-Level Utility Data Access from the 2024 ACEEE Summer Study
The NEEP report, “Expanding the Energy Savings Pie: Attribution Frameworks for the Inflation Reduction Act,” explains how to track and measure energy savings from programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Expanding the Energy Savings Pie: What You Need to Know
The NEEP report, “Expanding the Energy Savings Pie: Attribution Frameworks for the Inflation Reduction Act,” explains how to track and measure energy savings from programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Setting the Table for Decarbonization: Key Insights
The NEEP report, “Decarbonizing Buildings: How States Can Set the Table for Success,” provides a roadmap for reducing carbon emissions in the building sector. It outlines strategies focusing on energy equity, workforce investments, carbon reduction, codes and standards, and utility planning.
The Latest on State Level Building Performance Standards
This year, many states and municipalities in President Biden’s National Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) coalition will implement BEPS. This initiative takes a crucial step forward in advancing energy efficiency and reducing emissions in the building sector.
NARUC’s Resolution and its Significance
The resolution urges state commissions to help owners of multi-tenant properties access whole-building and tenant utility data in a standardized format that protects customer privacy.
Expanding Access to Whole-Building Energy Data
The EPA is looking for input from building owners, building managers, and building consultants on where they need utility data most and why by June 7th, 2024.
DOE’s National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector
This blueprint is a strategic plan for building decarbonization, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the residential and commercial building sector.