Author: Stacey Hobart
Does the changing policy landscape pit efficiency against renewables?
Post / September 24, 2020
With cities and states pursing renewable portfolio standards and national calls to decarbonize the grid by 2035, does efficiency still matter with a clean grid? The first answer: yes, energy efficiency benefits are, as they have been for decades, delivering...
2019 Zero Energy Buildings Count Nears 600, New Dynamic Tool Offers Online Access to Project Details
Post / May 9, 2019
Every year, New Buildings Institute (NBI) digs into its extensive Getting to Zero Buildings Database and analyzes the information collected from thousands of low-energy projects across the United States and Canada in order to offer the market an official count...
Ithaca Leads in New York for Net Zero Energy Building Standards
Post / November 29, 2018
The energy use in buildings across the town and city of Ithaca is responsible for nearly 75% of carbon emissions, according to the local sustainability officials. To reduce its carbon footprint, the two jurisdictions are taking important steps to increase...
Banking on Sustainable, Zero Energy
Post / August 21, 2018
How Suncoast Credit Union is leading the way to save energy and connect with its customers and community With close to 700,000 members, Suncoast Credit Union is the largest credit union in Florida. It’s also a leading company in sustainable...
California Schools Have a Lot to Teach Us About Zero Net Energy
Post / December 27, 2016
Congratulations are in order for nine innovative school districts, iconic projects and leading-edge designers and firms that were honored last month with a ZNE School Leadership Award. These were notably the first non-residential zero net energy (ZNE) awards in the...
Top 16 Trends for 2016
Post / January 6, 2016
Each year at NBI, we get together to discuss the most significant and potentially impactful or disruptive trends we see coming in the commercial building and energy sectors and actions individuals can take to get ahead of what’s to come....
Five Reasons Why Zero Energy Buildings are the Real Deal
Post / March 31, 2015
When New Buildings Institute published the first-ever list of verified zero energy buildings in 2012, an abstract concept turned real. These were documented examples of high-efficiency buildings coupled with onsite renewables that could produce enough energy to power themselves over...
Early adopters receive training on ZNE Buildings
Post / December 22, 2014
New Buildings Institute, CPUC and utilities collaborated to host two southern California training on zero net energy trends, policy and funding opportunities, case studies, and tools for communicating and planning zero energy buildings. Materials from the workshop are linked below....
Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense?
Post / November 21, 2009
Last week, CB Richard Ellis and the University of San Diego presented “Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense?” at the annual USGBC GreenBuild conference in Phoenix, AZ. The study compared 154 Energy Star labeled buildings in 10 selected markets...
The Chicago Chapter of the USGBC publishes a measured performance study of 25 Illinois LEED projects
Post / November 12, 2009
Due to our continued work in the field of measured performance, NBI is encouraged to see other organizations conducting significant research in this realm. Contributing perspectives such as this one, not only broadens the conversation, but also serves to reinforce...