In 2019, the City of Berkeley (CA) voted to phase out gas hookups in nearly all new construction. This pro-electrification move led to numerous lawsuits against the measure and spurred the gas industry to develop a bulwark against [...]
With 2022 coming to a close, it’s time to recap the biggest building decarbonization developments of the year. While it’s impossible to cover everything, here are some of the highlights. Federal government leads the [...]
The cost of electricity has jumped nearly 18 percent in the past two years alone, according to data from Buildings Hub. Influenced by factors including economy-wide inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the national average [...]
Coming on the heels of Veterans Day, it’s the perfect time to discuss what the U.S. military is doing to decarbonize its facilities – both domestically and abroad. Late last year, the Biden-Harris Administration [...]
There are many types of heat pumps on the market, each with their own pros, cons, and use cases. It can be hard to keep them all straight, let alone their efficiency and performance [...]
Vehicle and building electrification are often viewed as two distinct pieces of the decarbonization puzzle. However, they’re more intertwined than you might think. This past June, electric vehicles made up 8.4 percent of new light-duty vehicle sales [...]
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just dealt the state's fossil gas industry a massive blow. In doing so, it gave the green building market its biggest boost yet. Late last month, the regulatory agency voted [...]
At 5:37 PM on September 6th, California Governor Gavin Newsom took to Twitter to help prevent an impending blackout. The Tweet read: “CALIFORNIA: We’re now in a Flex Alert... Here’s what to do until 9pm tonight: [...]
“We make four billion tons a year of cement, which translates into about thirty million tons of concrete. That’s almost ten thousand pounds of concrete being poured every year for every human being on the [...]
An underlying assumption in many building decarbonization roadmaps is access to reliable, relatively cheap electricity. After all, the United States is an industrialized, developed country, so access to basic household needs like lighting and heating [...]
