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ASHRAE and New Buildings Institute sign MOU to work together to advance energy efficiency in buildings

May 15, 2019 / About

NBI CEO Ralph DiNola and ASHRAE President Sheila Hayter sign a new MOU. At right is incoming ASHRAE President Darryl Boyce. ASHRAE and New Buildings Institute (NBI) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing the organizations’ relationship. 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 / 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...

NBI Newsletter

April 5, 2019 / About / What's New

The latest NBI newsletter is available here and includes information about: 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) efforts, State and Local Government Toolkit resources, and the Multifamily Guide now LEED 4.1 approved. Also learn more about upcoming webinars: Understanding the...

New York Leading the Northeast in Net-Zero Buildings According to New Net-Zero Energy Status Report

April 16, 2019 / What's New

A report released today, New York Getting to Net-zero Status Report, by NBI shows New York State is leading the Northeast in net-zero buildings with 27 documented ongoing and completed net-zero building projects and a total of 132 net-zero, high-performance,...

GridOptimal Initiative Changes Power Grid Interaction

April 11, 2019 / Building Innovation / What's New

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...

Singapore Gets Its First ‘Zero Energy’ New Building

April 2, 2019 / Zero Net Energy / In the News

Published by NBC 2 News: An inventive new building designed to consume only as much energy as it produces has opened its doors in Singapore. The National University of Singapore welcomed students to the six-story facility in January. But the...

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...

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