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 [...]
Yesterday, the United States Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and made history by authorizing the largest federal investment in U.S. climate action on record. Despite its tumultuous journey to the Senate floor, this groundbreaking [...]
This month, Texas has been hit by an especially brutal heat wave. To avoid a blackout or total grid shutdown, ERCOT urged Texans to conserve energy in their homes as the state’s power grid was [...]
Let’s imagine you just bought a house. It’s 2,500 square feet and has a great view – it even has a little front patio! Unfortunately, it has a fossil fuel boiler in the basement and [...]
