Ecodistricts, sometimes called sustainable neighborhoods, can offer a shared energy system to deliver heating, cooling and power when and where needed. Read on to discover how central energy plants share thermal energy throughout an ecodistrict.

Recycling is very confusing to most people, especially when news reports say that most plastic put in recycling bins ends up in landfills. Max Rohr recalls a recycling event he attended where he got into a heated discussion — about composting!  

Jay and Kristi Egg describe the efforts of David Hatherton and Dan Ellis in championing geothermal heating and cooling and the manufacturer of ground-source heat pumps in this country.

In Part 3 of this three-part series, learn about closed-loop, open-loop and direct-exchange geothermal systems. The geothermal provisions addressed in the Uniform Solar, Hydronics and Geothermal Code are the industry’s most advanced and updated provisions.

A geo-exchange system either extracts energy from the ground for heating or pumps it back into the ground for cooling. Energy companies and large construction firms can use this technology to help decarbonize our buildings and remain profitable. BF Nagy describes a few such North American projects in this month’s column.

Registration is now open for the International Code Council’s Annual Conference and Expo to be held in St. Louis, Oct. 8-11, 2023.

The space caters to 17 employees in the 10-county Nashville region with intention for growth.

The acquisition addresses the growing need for ultra-low global warming potential refrigerant technologies.

NAHB members 21-35 can apply to earn an IBS Scholarship to attend the 2024 NAHB International Builders' Show.