Every few years, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) sends around the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), a national sample survey of commercial buildings and all of their energy-related characteristics and activities. The latest [...]
2023 was a year for the books for building decarbonization developments. The Ninth Circuit’s Berkeley court ruling destabilized state- and local-level policy approaches, “StoveGate” swept the nation, Midwestern governments made strides forward, and, unfortunately, [...]
Last Tuesday, Atlas hosted Department of Energy (DOE) Program Manger Karen Zelmar on Buildings Hub Live for a deep dive conversation on all the ins and outs of the federal Home Energy Rebate programs. [...]
In recent years, the federal government has been working hard to implement higher efficiency standards and regulations that would move the needle on building decarbonization on a national scale. Here’s a roundup of recent [...]
Water source heat pumps (WSHPs) are not commonly deployed in the United States but offer a feasible alternative to air-source and strictly geothermal options. They transfer heat from a body of water (lake, river, [...]
In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine. In response, the European Union (EU) has stood in solidarity with the Ukrainian people by continually expanding sanctions against Russia, providing humanitarian and military [...]
Per the U.S. EPA, roughly 13 percent of direct national greenhouse gas emissions are generated by the residential and commercial buildings sector. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 42 percent of household [...]
In 2019, the city of Berkeley, California enacted a first-of-its-kind electrification ordinance that prohibited the use of natural gas in newly constructed buildings. When doing so, the city cited the greenhouse gas reduction potential [...]
Maine is the northernmost state in the continental United States. Winters are long and cold, and the state has a disproportionately high reliance on fossil fuels, especially fuel oil, for home heating. In fact, [...]
In January 2019, Consolidated Edison (ConEd), one of the largest investor-owned power and gas utilities in the country serving the New York City metropolitan area, announced its moratorium on new gas hookups in Westchester [...]
