Yay, Your Building Is Net Zero! Meaning… What Exactly?

Published by Building Green: Many of ASHRAE’s own technical and energy-efficiency standards have been looking to include net-zero language and options as well, according to Jim Edelson, director of policy at New Buildings Institute (NBI) and a member of the 228 consensus committee. That’s a big reason ASHRAE “realized a need for defining, in an engineering way, what is net zero,” Edelson told BuildingGreen.