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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 [...]
Schools Need More Green to Go Green
It’s no secret that Build Back Better (BBB) has floundered in the Senate as Democrats have been forced to whittle away the once promising bill. Things looked even grimmer this past Thursday after Sen. Joe [...]
Building Electrification Gets a Jolt
With groundbreaking announcements over the past two weeks, New York and California are each preparing to usher in a new era for building electrification. On Wednesday January 5, New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her [...]
Psst… There’s a New Net Zero Community in Austin
Planned communities often evoke images of cookie-cutter homes, evenly spaced trees, and SUVs parked on pristinely paved driveways. What is less often associated with these developer-owned townships is a focus on sustainability and net-zero energy [...]