North America's Building Trades Unions and American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy to collaborate on programs, training July 20, 2016 North America's Building Trades Unions and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy unveiled a collaborative effort that describes the...Read More
Keeping the lights on July 14, 2016 Max Rohr In an election year, politicians usually tell you what you want to hear. They say your hometown will see lots...Read More
Ground-water sourced geothermal systems July 14, 2016 Jay Egg About this time two years ago, Theron (my youngest of six children) and I got out of the car at...Read More
Solar thermal collector tilt July 11, 2016 Bristol Stickney Flat-plate solar heat collectors are most often mounted facing the sun at some fixed tilt and orientation. The same is...Read More
U.S. Green Building Council releases new report for industrial facilities July 7, 2016 The USGBC has released a new report, “LEED in Motion: Industrial Facilities.” The full report includes examples of how and...Read More
USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi named chairman and CEO of the International Well Building Institute July 7, 2016 Fedrizzi will assume new job on Nov. 4. The International WELL Building Institute, a public benefit corporation whose mission is...Read More
BREEAM green building rating system comes to the U.S. June 24, 2016 BREEAM, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology one of the world’s oldest and most widely used green building...Read More
UCLA report says Sierra Nevada snowpack not likely to recover until 2019 June 23, 2016 Even with this winter's strong El Niño, the Sierra Nevada snowpack will likely take until 2019 to return to pre-drought...Read More
Rinnai tankless water heater featured in Pulte net energy home prototype June 20, 2016 California wants all new residential building to attain zero net energy status by 2020. When PulteGroup set out to build...Read More
AHRI president asks Congress for energy policy reforms June 13, 2016 Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute President & CEO Stephen Yurek on June 10 called on Congress to reform the Energy...Read More