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ASHRAE 90.1 Update Pushes Building Efficiency Above and Beyond

November 6, 2019 / Codes And Policy / What's New

Published by facilitiesnet: For the first time ever, ASHRAE 90.1 will require commissioning. With about 100 other updates from the 2016 version, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, has a reinvigorated focus on exceeding...

Where We’ll be in November

October 28, 2019 / About / What's New

Upcoming opportunities to hear from NBI staff Thursday, November 7, Ralph DiNola, CEO, will present at Colorado State University on the topic Cities & Buildings Addressing Climate Change. Friday, November 8, Ralph DiNola, will deliver the opening plenary at the...

Code Officials: Here’s Your Chance to Be a Climate Hero

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

Published by NRDC: Buildings are responsible for about 40 percent of U.S. carbon emissions, and once built, they last a long time—60 to 100 years or more. To solve the climate crisis, we need buildings to use far less energy...

EV Stations Spark Broad-Based Change

September 19, 2019 / Building Innovation / What's New

Published by Commercial Property Executive: As EVs continue to grow in popularity, the need for electric charging stations is also growing and commercial real estate owners and managers are helping lead the charge to make them available. While some states...

San José Adopts Strongest Building Code Among Large Cities

September 18, 2019 / Codes And Policy / What's New

Published by NRDC: San José has successfully reached for a modern, more sustainable building energy code; its City Council voted to adopt requirements for builders that will provide San José residents with clean, affordable energy in buildings and make good...

How Cities Can Improve Homes

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...

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