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RESNET has released the Commercial Buildings Energy Modeling Guidelines and Procedures manual offering advanced guidance to building energy modelers, ensuring technically rigorous and credible assessment of energy performance of commercial and multifamily residential buildings. It provides a streamlined process that can be used with various existing modeling software tools for compliance checking with the EPACT federal tax deductions and LEED projects. Read More

July 23, 2010—Two organizations working to make buildings greener and the federal Department of Energy have teamed to propose comprehensive changes to the nation’s model energy code that would help commercial structures use up to 30 percent less energy than current code practice. Read more

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NBI at ACEEE Summer Study

August 18, 2010 - 1:18pm | By shobart

Every other year, energy efficiency advocates from around the world gather at the sleepy Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, Calif., to share what they’ve learned about energy efficiency in buildings. The Summer Study, which runs through this week, is hosted by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and expects over 1,000 attendees.

The conference theme underscores the urgency surrounding much of the work taking place in the energy efficiency field these days: Read more »

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