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While the focus has often been on new construction and cutting-edge green technologies, New York City’s existing buildings ...

Severe weather tests home energy efficiency, pushing grids beyond their limits. Energy professionals must explore smarter, ...

February 21, 2025 by John H. Borger, Hingham Net Zero, Hingham Energy Action Committee We will have an important opportunity ...

The world's tallest Passive House building, a design standard aimed at cutting carbon emissions, is coming to Brooklyn.

A report highlights the increasing benefits of building energy efficiency codes, and maps the states that are adopting them. Building energy efficiency is a key element of a least-cost 100% renewables ...

A sustainability leader across higher education, UC Santa Barbara has released its Clean Energy Master Plan, a blueprint for ...

In the race to reduce climate-warming carbon emissions, the buildings sector is falling behind. While carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the U.S. electric power sector dropped by 34% between 2005 and ...

Good afternoon and Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! Kicking off today’s edition of Daily on Energy, Callie and Maydeen take a look at the latest in the Trump administration’s federal employee layoffs.

Local Law 97 requires property owners to reduce their greenhouse emissions — but owners can currently pay to relax the rules.

Heat pumps are highly efficient electrical devices that pull and intensify heat from the outside air or ground into a ...

Half the fossil fuel gas consumed in the UK each year goes on heating and heat in buildings accounts for around 25% of greenhouse gas emissions ...