Path to Zero-Energy Buildings Blog

It's no secret that most commercial buildings perform poorly in terms of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The question is, why do we put up with it? As author Auden Schendler puts it in this post for Climate Progress it's because "broken is normal" when it comes to the state of most commercial buildings. As he puts it “almost no buildings mechanical system operate as they’re supposed to. But nobody knows. Nobody checks. Read more »

By Dave Hewitt, NBI & Jessyca Henderson, AIA
With today’s conspicuous promotion of green building and sustainability, it is easy to forget that the bulk of commercial building design does exactly what it has always done: meet the local building energy code. Read more »

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. Read more »

On a recent spring day more than 20 leading design professionals gathered in a small conference room at EHDD Architects in San Francisco. Read more »