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September 5, 2019 / Codes And Policy / What's New

Published by GreenBiz: The way we use energy makes a big difference in our lives in how safe, comfortable and productive we are. In addition to impacting our individual lives, energy use in homes makes up a large part of...

E. Windsor company claims CT’s first “net zero” commercial building

August 31, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / What's New

Published by Hartford Business Journal: The Blake Group, which sells boilers, pumps and other products to trades and industrial customers, said one of its East Windsor facilities is the first commercial building in Connecticut to be verified as a “zero...

“Nothing Is Better than Zero”? Yes, There Is Something.

August 14, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / What's New

Published by NRDC: Achieving Zero Net Energy (ZNE), which means that a building or an industrial plant produces as much renewable energy onsite as it consumes in a year, is an emerging tool to meet the most ambitious global climate...

July 2019 NBI Newsletter

July 10, 2019 / About / What's New

The latest NBI newsletter is available here. It includes information about: the release of our latest Annual Report, 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) efforts, the Public Buildings Portfolio Management framework, and the emerging lexicon around zero energy and zero...

ASHRAE signs three new MOUs

May 27, 2019 / New Buildings Institute / What's New

Published by Cooling Post: ASHRAE has extended its areas of future collaboration with the signing of agreements with a number of leading organisations. In the last few days the US association has signed MOUs with the International District Energy Association...

IECC Committee Approves EV Charging Proposal

May 25, 2019 / Codes And Policy / What's New

Published by Facility Executive Magazine: During the first week of May 2019, International Code Council (ICC) code hearings were held in Albuquerque, NM to determine which of the proposed code amendments will be considered for adoption in the 2021 model...

Energy Code Development Begins: Focus on Residential

May 23, 2019 / Codes And Policy / What's New

Published by NRDC: Code officials, builders, energy efficiency advocates, and others weighed in this month on proposals to update the next model building energy code. NRDC and many others submitted proposals to the International Code Council back in January, offering...

2019 Zero Energy Buildings Count Nears 600

May 15, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / What's New

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...

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

May 8, 2019 / Building Innovation / What's New

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 / What's New

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...

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