The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and New Buildings Institute (NBI) have developed a tool, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the…
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The Portland, Ore.-based New Buildings Institute’s (NBI’s) 2018 zero energy (ZE) buildings list includes nearly 500 verified and emerging zero energy buildings across the U.S. and…
Registration for the ASHRAE webcast, Making Energy Efficiency a Reality, is now open online. There is no fee for registration. However, registration is required to view…
A number of U.S. cities and states have begun to recognize the current code-based mechanisms do not provide the means to help them achieve their energy…
In a perfect world, buildings would perform as well as they did the day they were built. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Mechanical parts wear…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reached a significant milestone in bringing the building community together by releasing a common definition of a zero-energy building, or…