Video: What is District Cooling?
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Policy
Energy use by buildings offers a tremendous opportunity for governments seeking to foster clean energy technologies. Sustainability-minded policymakers should focus on three interlinked policy approaches related to better buildings: 1) energy policy that favors energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy sources, 2) climate policy that recognizes and internalizes the cost of carbon pollution; and 3) standards and performance criteria for the building envelope and the building components.
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Video: Maintaining Chilled Water
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Video: How to Optimize Your Chilled Water Production
Topic(s) Roundtable: How building efficiency can help move Europe’s economy
Amid debate about European Union climate and energy targets to 2030, an Institute for Building Efficiency Roundtable explored how investments in building energy efficiency could support a sustainable economic recovery. Attendees agreed that energy renovations would be a core driver of energy security. They cited research showing that doubling the rate of building renovations could create some 2...
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Dialog Summary: Energy Efficiency's Role in Economic Recovery
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Industry Framework: Making End-Use Energy Efficiency a Credited Compliance Tool under SEC. 111(D)
Topic(s) New Study Says Buildings Sector Can Have Major Impact on Emissions
A study completed by the Central European University and commissioned by the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) demonstrates how transformative change in the building sector can contribute to emissions reductions. To achieve the full potential of emissions reductions in the building sector, today’s best-practice, state-of-the-art buildings must become the standard in less than 10...
ACEEE: Policy Improvements Can Advance Energy Efficiency
U.S. Policy Opportunities for Improving Building Performance The United States has made substantial progress in energy efficiency – energy use today is about half what it would have been without improvements made over the past 40 years. Still, there are opportunities to do a great deal more – cost-effectively – by adopting available and emerging energy technologies, according to...
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A Comparative Analysis Of Building Energy Efficiency Policies For New Buildings (GBPN)
Topic(s) Sustainable Energy in America: 2013 Factbook
The state of U.S. energy and the role of new technologies Building energy efficiency is making its mark in the current energy economy, according to a new report from...