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Go Big or Go Home: Decarbonizing our Largest Buildings
As you might have heard, Washington State passed an exciting new building code on April 22nd. Beginning next year, all new commercial buildings and multifamily residences over four stories must be outfitted with electric heat [...]
Greener, Smarter, Healthier – An Intro to BlocPower
“We now know that we can do for buildings what Tesla is doing for cars; we can take the fossil fuel equipment out of a building in the same way that Tesla has removed it [...]
Energy Vampires: A Brief History
Space and water heating (and cooling) get a lot of attention from legislators and utilities, and understandably so. However, there are numerous other “energy vampires” within your home that deserve your attention and that of [...]
Harnessing the Clean Heat Below Our Feet
At Buildings Hub, we love to talk about electric heat pumps. They’re highly efficient, require little maintenance, and are one of the best decarbonization solutions out there. This week, we’ll give you a short primer [...]
The King in the North (Midwest)
This week we’re zooming in on the upper Midwest – Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin – to evaluate which states are successfully promoting energy efficiency and electrification legislation and which might be lagging. When all [...]
Electrify All Federal Buildings – That’s an Order!
On December 8th of last year, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that made one thing clear: the US government is once again ready to lead by example in tackling climate change. Officially entitled [...]