Examining home energy price trends
This is the first in a two-part Data Story series on how we use and pay for the energy in our homes. Over the last few years, rising energy bills have been a hot [...]
Building resilience against extreme heat
A heat wave washed over the Northeast and the Ohio Valley these past couple of weeks, with about a quarter of the country under extreme heat alerts at its peak. Elevated on-the-ground temperatures were [...]
Floods threaten to wash away coastal communities
Atlantic hurricane season kicked off at the beginning of this month, and once again the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting “above normal” activity. Specifically, NOAA forecasts that up to 25 named storms will [...]
Buildings Hub Public Tour
Atlas Public Policy Analyst Stephen Naimoli will walk attendees through the Buildings Hub's offerings with a chance to get your questions answered.
Net metering policies are under fire
As of the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, about four million homes have solar generation capacity, amounting to about three percent of residential buildings in the country. The distribution of these homes is dependent [...]
Welcome ENERGY STAR NextGen, a certification for residential new builds
On May 7th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the ENERGY STAR NextGen new home certification program. This latest energy efficiency certification is a voluntary program aimed at residential new [...]
Buildings Hub Live: Decarbonizing Affordable Housing
Join us on Thursday, May 30 at 1:30 PM EST as we sit down with Laruen Ross, Deputy Director of Energy Justice at the DOE's Office of Energy Justice and Equity, and Dylan Martello, Senior Building Systems Consultant at Steven Winter Associates, to discuss the decarbonization of affordable housing, both in new builds and retrofits.
Utilities hope new fuels will save their gas grids
Across the country, states have been enacting legislation requiring gas and electric utilities to decarbonize their systems. Often, these bills complement statewide initiatives to reduce either total greenhouse gas emissions or specifically buildings-related emissions. [...]
Buildings Hub Live: Electrifying Buildings in Cold Climates
Join us Wednesday, May 1 at 9:30am EST for a discussion on progress and developments in electrifying buildings in cold climates with Marnese Jackson, Executive Director of the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, and Michael Stoddard, Executive Director of Efficiency Maine.
What happened during the 2024 IECC development process?
On March 20, the International Code Council (ICC) finalized its residential and commercial building provisions for the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), a reference code that many states consult for their statewide building [...]