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2019 Zero Energy Buildings Count Nears 600

May 15, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by Facility Executive: 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...

New York State Launches Competition for Low-to-Zero Carbon Development

May 10, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by The Architects Newspaper: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced the Buildings of Excellence Competition to help spur low-to-zero carbon development in multi-family construction across New York State. A recent report by the...

The California Roadmap to a Carbon Free Future for the Built Environment

May 8, 2019 / Building Innovation / In the News

Published by Meeting of the Minds: Participants of COP21 (Paris, 2015) agreed that limiting the average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius was an absolute imperative, and that this goal would require that human-produced emissions peak in 2020 and...

Net-Zero Community Opens in New York

April 19, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by Multi-Housing News: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced the completion of the first phase of Solara Apartments. To facilitate the construction of similar projects, NYSERDA will provide $15 million through the next round of...

GridOptimal Initiative Changes Power Grid Interaction

April 11, 2019 / Building Innovation / In the News

Published by BUILDINGS: GridOptimal, a new initiative by the New Buildings Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council, aims to help buildings become better “grid citizens” by improving communications between the built environment and the power grid. A good grid...

13 HVAC Money-Saving Products for 2019

March 26, 2019 / Building Innovation / In the News

Published by BUILDINGS: No matter what side of the country your building sits, facilities professionals seek out solutions for HVAC systems. This is why the HVAC category of BUILDINGS’ Money-Saving Products annual program receives so many submissions. 2019 is no...

Singapore Welcomes Net Zero Energy Building

March 4, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by Devdiscourse: Singapore has opened the doors of its ‘net zero energy building’, that has been built from scratch. Tan Eng Chye, the university president described the new facility as a ‘living laboratory’ that would inspire future high-performance buildings...

The Case for Zero Energy Buildings

March 21, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by D Magazine: According to the National Institute of Building Sciences, buildings are the primary energy consumers in the United States. So, as designers, contractors, managers, tenants, and owners of buildings, as citizens of the world, we should do...

5 Green Building Trends: A Push to Scale Net Zero

March 14, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by The Kendeda Fund: “This tribe is growing,” declares Cathy Higgins, research director at the New Buildings Institute. NBI’s 2012 list of zero energy projects included 60 net zero buildings. That list counts both buildings that had been verified...

Online Tool Helps Cities Frame Energy Performance Goals

March 14, 2019 / Building Innovation / In the News

Published by Facility Executive: The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and New Buildings Institute (NBI) have developed a new tool, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, to help jurisdictions tackle energy...

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