Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: In addition to emitting less carbon dioxide and using less water, sustainably designed federal buildings cost 19 percent less to maintain, according to a report by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The results are included in a white paper recently released by the Government Services Administration, or GSA.
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Results are in: green buildings save green
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New legislation aimed at improving energy efficiency in federal buildings
November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Building Design and Construction: Recently introduced legislation, the “High-Performance Federal Buildings Act,” would help federal agencies save energy and money by improving building performance. The legislation addresses the use of life-cycle cost analysis, integrated design processes, building information modeling (BIM), and building commissioning.
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Building Energy Standards Program: Final Determination Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements in the Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2010
November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Federal Register: The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) has determined that the 2010 edition of the Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1-2010, (Standard 90.1-2010 or the 2010 edition) would achieve greater energy efficiency in buildings subject to the code, than the 2007 edition (Standard 90.1-2007 or the 2007 edition).
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Study Clarifies the Energy Savings in Retrofitted Buildings
November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An examination of housing units in New York City found that energy retrofits resulted in a 19 percent savings on fuel bills and a 10 percent savings on electricity.
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National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2011
October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
National Reserch Council Canada: The 2011 National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB) provides minimum requirements for the design and construction of energy-efficient buildings and covers the building envelope, systems and equipment for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning, service water heating, lighting, and the provision of electrical power systems and motors. The NECB will be available on November 18, 2011.
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Building Energy Codes Resource Guide Commercial Buildings for Architects Edition Released
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Building Energy Codes Resource Guide: Commercial Buildings for Architects Edition — Now Available! To increase support for compliance with building energy codes, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) has published the Building Energy Codes Resource Guide: Commercial Buildings for Architects. The Guide provides key information on energy codes tailored for Architects and provides guidance on how they can support the adoption of new or updated energy codes and the resources needed to ensure compliance with what is adopted.
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Codes to Cleaner Buildings: Effectiveness of U.S. Building Energy Codes
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Climate Policy Initiative: In this paper, Climate Policy Initiative San Francisco assesses the impact of state energy codes using residential energy use data at the state level. By conducting a regression analysis comparing states with building energy codes to those without, CPI SF measures the realized energy savings of energy codes and compares them to existing estimates based on building simulation models.
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Tax Plan to Turn Old Buildings ‘Green’ Finds Favor
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Businesses are planning to use a new tax arrangement to provide financing for energy efficiency upgrades with no upfront cost.
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Standard 90.1-2007 Established as National Reference Standard for Federal, Commercial Buildings by DOE
August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
ASHRAE: Commercial and high-rise residential buildings, including federal buildings, must now meet requirements in ASHRAE/IESNA’s 2007 energy efficiency standard, under recent rulings issued by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) that finds the standard saves more energy than the 2004 version.
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NEEP Briefs U.S. Senate on Reducing Energy in Buildings
August 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
NEEP: Summary of the discussion and presentation to U.S. Senate staff on reducing energy in buildings, by Jim O’Reilly, Director of Public Policy, NEEP. U.S. Senate staff on building energy efficiency were briefed immediately in advance of a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee vote on the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 (S.1000). The bill just passed the Committee with strong bipartisan support.
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