New building codes to help industry reach net zero

News / March 17, 2023

Published by Build Australia: Australia’s latest efforts to reduce carbon emissions have culminated with the Green Building Council of Australia’s new Carbon Positive Roadmap for the built environment. The roadmap’s main goal is to reach net zero emissions by 2050....

Port writes the book on sustainability

News / March 2, 2023

Published by Camas-Washougal Post-Record: Port of Camas-Washougal officials have been promoting renewable energy sources lately — partnering with a county agency to install solar panels at its industrial park and taking the lead on installing electric vehicle chargers in East...

Can Our Homes Keep Up With Increasing Electrical Demands?

News / February 15, 2023

Published by Government Technology: New electric loads — like those brought about by electric vehicles and heat pumps — will likely force upgrades to home electric systems and building codes, experts say. The real challenge will be making changes consistently....

Podcast: Energy vs. Carbon – Jurisdictions and Utilities Align Metrics

News / February 14, 2023

In the fourth episode of our series of NBI staff discussing papers presented at the 2022 ACEEE Summer Study, we talk with NBI  Senior Project Manager, Webly Bowles and Kim Cullinane of Eversource about the shift taking place within utility...

Climate and Construction: The challenges of addressing construction’s two-part carbon story

News / January 19, 2023

Published by DailyCommercialNews: Over the past 10 years, the importance of energy efficiency and the consequent reduction of GHG emissions from homes and buildings have gained increased attention from governments, the public and the construction industry. Globally, the New Building...

Targeting Net-Zero Emissions

News / January 6, 2023

This article was written by NBI President Emeritus, David Goldstein:  Published by NRDC: Net -zero energy has attracted rapidly growing interest around the world. Growth rates of projected and verified zero-energy buildings are continuing to be high. This progress has...

Making a Federal Case for Greener Buildings

News / January 5, 2023

Published by EC&M: A move by the Biden administration to start the long process of electrifying federal buildings could be a watershed moment in the drive to reduce the carbon footprint of a top source of greenhouse gas emissions. In...

Podcast: New Construction From Codes to Net Zero

News / December 20, 2022

Continuing our series of NBI staff discussing papers presented at the 2022 ACEEE Summer Study, we talk with Senior Project Manager, Sean Denniston, about how NBI’s groundbreaking Building Decarbonization Code can be used by jurisdictions. Sean co-authored the paper Driving...

Codes for Climate December 2022 Newsletter

News / December 8, 2022

The latest Codes for Climate newsletter includes key updates on the process for both drafts of the 2024 Commercial and Residential International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC), codes and standards development updates, federal and state policy updates, federal funding opportunities for codes,...

In Challenge To Industry, White House Looks To Set ‘A New Gold Standard’ For Green Buildings

News / December 7, 2022

Published by HuffPost: Buildings use nearly half the United States’ energy ― and produce more than a third of the country’s climate-changing pollution, if you combine emissions from oil furnaces and gas stovetops with those from the electricity powering elements...