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Busting landlord-tenant barriers for greater energy efficiency
To date, conversations around energy efficiency between landlords and tenants have largely revolved around the fact that landlords must pay for upgrades, but tenants receive the immediate benefits. The conflict between landlords and tenants stemming from “split incentives” to install upgrades has been identified as one of the top barriers to capturing energy savings in buildings.
Retrofits in the News
Around the world of retrofits this week we found several inspiring developments in the news. Here's the round-up.
Stormwater Splashes Roof — Green Building Haiku Contest
Our friends at BuildingGreen are pretty serious writers when it comes to getting the technical information out about green building. But just how does one glamorize the recycled content of fly ash, for example?
California’s Next Step in Energy Efficiency Legislation: Building Retrofits
Momentum is building around the nation for deep energy retrofits of buildings—which have a critical role in transforming our energy system and ending the use of fossil fuels.
A Challenge to Building Portfolio Owners
NBI and RMI are working together to create technical and best-practice solution sets for deep energy retrofits. RMI, its partners, and challenge participants will develop a replicable approach to portfolio energy management by adapting some specific strategies from previous retrofit projects.