Author: Cathy Higgins
Technology Talk—Getting to Zero Energy in Existing Buildings
Post / February 22, 2019
Without upgrading our existing buildings to higher efficiency technologies we have zero hope of getting to zero energy (ZE)–or at least ultra-low energy performance–and our carbon reduction targets. We know that there are many roads to retrofits but rapid scaling...
Making the Path to Zero Energy Buildings Well Worn Together
Post / February 28, 2018 / Zero Net Energy (ZNE)
When does a path become a road? Is it volume of travelers, difficulty of terrain or perhaps the need to arrive more rapidly at the destination to create the attention and resources needed to smooth out the path? For zero...
NBI Completes Study into Energy Performance of Commercial Buildings with Radiant Systems for Cooling and Heating
Post / August 10, 2017
During the renovation of the Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, a variable air volume (VAV) system was replaced with a radiant design system. The design team included numerous CBE industry partners, including SERA Architects, Stantec, Interface Engineering, and Charles...
The Path to Net Zero: A Shout Out to Building Operators
Post / June 21, 2016 / Controls, Operations & Maintenance, Zero Net Energy (ZNE)
Like they don’t have enough to do already, facility managers and building operators are now working to manage both sides of the electrical meter. The evolution of buildings incorporating advanced systems, highly integrated controls and distributed generation (typically photovoltaics) is...
Teaming with Technology
Post / January 26, 2015
It’s mid-January and I’m sitting in the most sustainable building in the world – the Bullitt Center in Seattle. It’s a grey cool day outside (it is Seattle after all), but inside the atmosphere is bright, with no electric lights...