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Three Low-Carbon Lessons from China for U.S. Cities and Companies
Each year in China, 10 billion square feet of towering urban residential and commercial building space are added to an existing stock that’s already well…
Teaching Buildings to Swim in a Sea of Data
We have long used data to improve our buildings’ performance, and to inform building planning and operations. Building automation systems have replaced the manual operation…
Making cents out of the “softer side” of efficient buildings
A typical search for office space can require combing through hundreds of listings and running the numbers on rent, utility costs, insurance, and building fees…
How Retrofits Can Reduce the Cost of Healthcare
Of all the challenges facing the nation’s healthcare system, one of the most pervasive—yet solvable—is its incredible energy consumption.
Taking the bull by the horns
Achieving deep energy retrofits is an essential part of achieving our nation’s energy-use-reduction targets. But we’re not going to get there using the same, tired process that we have been using for the past 20 years. That’s where, surprisingly enough, a federal agency is stepping in and taking the bull by the horns.