“Heat pumps don’t work in cold climates...” It’s a fallacy you’ve probably heard before, be it from a family friend or even a seasoned contractor. However, like many fallacies, there’s...

Commercial refrigeration is essential to the restaurant, grocery, and healthcare industries, and the technology is quickly evolving, with innovations designed to improve energy efficiency, food safety, and overall operational performance...

The growing clean energy sector is creating significant job opportunities across the nation. Does that mean all individuals will have equal access to these opportunities, and will these opportunities result...

The industrial sector is the second largest consumer of energy in the U.S., much of it going towards generating steam or hot water for manufacturing. Join us to learn how...

In this webinar, we'll touch on the intricate relationship between electrification and embodied carbon, exploring how carbon reduction goes beyond operational and embodied carbon. Our panelists will share their experiences...

Swimming pools are enjoyed by communities around the world and are often heated to provide more comfortable swimming year-round. But heating such large volumes of water can be very expensive...

As vehicles rapidly electrify to meet decarbonization goals, there's an opportunity for increased building resilience within our communities. Electric vehicles (EVs) are essentially “batteries on wheels”. By using emerging EV...

Join us to learn about the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for K-12 Schools and hear a California school district’s firsthand experience with electrification. Incorporating electrification upgrades into K-12 project...

Join us for an online Roundtable that explores electric equipment for commercial kitchens. Commercial kitchen electrification is a growing movement. Reasons include safety, improved cooking, easier cleaning, better HVAC operations,...

Buildings are at the center of our energy systems and account for over 70% of US electricity consumption. To succeed in decarbonizing our grid, buildings and the systems within buildings...

Buildings are at the center of our energy systems and account for over 70% of US electricity consumption. To succeed in decarbonizing our grid, buildings and the systems within buildings...

This webinar will delve into combination space and water heating systems, also known as combi systems. While these systems seem promising, they present a level of complexity that raises questions...

This manufacturer's roundtable will focus on options to reduce the impact of refrigerants on a building's lifecycle emissions in light of new and upcoming policy requiring a transition to low-GWP...

Join us for a deep dive into New Buildings Institute (NBI)’s work with new tools for clean energy permitting and inspection, highlighting resources and case studies...

Join New Buildings Institute and Cool Roof Rating Council for an informative journey through heat mitigation policies and cool surface strategies! Speakers will present examples of extreme heat mitigation policies...

Air source heat pumps for space heating are a key technology in helping individuals, building owners and communities move towards rapid electrification and decarbonization. The roundtable will feature panelists from...

Join New Buildings Institute and Resource Refocus to learn more about the Building Electrification Technology Roadmap (BETR) for K-12 schools. BETR for schools is a new technical guide for school...

Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are two to four times more efficient than standard residential water heating technology. Join us as we bring together major manufacturers of ENERGY STAR certified...

Commercial kitchen electrification is a critical component of building decarbonization but is often thought of as a stumbling block due to its perceived expense, complexity and the affinity of the...

This manufacturers roundtable will provide a high-level overview of commercial heat pump water heaters and how they can electrify and decarbonize the commercial water heating sector. The roundtable will begin...

To celebrate Earth Day in 2022, NBI released the Decarbonization Roadmap Guide for School Building Decisionmakers. The guide outlines achievable goals that result in healthy, affordable, all-electric facilities, and explains...

In this webinar, NBI's Amruta Khanolkar will give an overview of the emerging, retrofit ready 120V heat pump water heaters (HPWH) and findings from the California statewide field validation effort...

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocates billions of dollars toward low-embodied carbon material procurement, documentation, and labeling as new policies seek low-carbon solutions. As materials and construction account for 11%...

The vast majority of buildings that we will use in the coming decades are already built and account for roughly 39% of the carbon footprint as well as other greenhouse...

Installing Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) in new homes is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to incorporate high efficiency water heating into buildings. Yet, the vast majority...

As more renewable energy sources come online in the state of California, buildings have a critical role to play in ensuring that tomorrow’s electricity grid is clean, affordable, reliable, and...

Energy modeling can be a powerful building design tool, informing decision makers about the best building layouts, mechanical systems, and controls. Unfortunately, too many design teams either forego energy modeling...

California’s buildings of tomorrow will be deeply energy efficient, smart, and resilient – but designers and builders have a multitude of choices to make in order to achieve success. The...

The building sector is shifting from decades of regulation and programmatic oriented on energy efficiency (kWh and therms) to governmental plans centered on carbon and greenhouse gas emission reductions (CO2e)...

As clean energy policy and practice ratchet down operational carbon emissions in the built environment, embodied carbon becomes a larger share of buildings’ carbon footprint. In this webinar, participants will...