How much energy does your building use per year?
In quest of taking some of the mystery out of energy usage in a city like New York, Vijay Modi, a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, and graduate student Bianca Howard conducted a project to put the city's energy consumption on the map. The results of their work are displayed on an interactive map estimating the total annual energy...
Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced today that the District of Columbia will be introducing new Construction Codes (2012 ICC Codes) by March 1, 2013. The District currently uses the 2006 ICC Codes, but will now leapfrog over the 2009 ICC Codes to review and adopt the 2012 ICC Codes, which will keep the District at the national forefront of sustainable building practices for all new and renovated residential and commercial buildings.
The 2012 ICC...
BCAP is proud to announce Maire Claire Voorhees as this quarter’s BCAP Energy Code Champion. Maire Claire has worked very hard over the last year on New Mexico’s compliance with national model energy codes.
Maire Claire joined served as New Mexico’s Regulation and Licensing Department’s Green Building Coordinator under the Office of the Superintendent in 2011. She has recently become the Administrative Manager for...
CNT Energy and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a report today, January 26, on energy efficiency upgrades in multifamily buildings and its potential energy efficiency retrofit of up to $3.4 billion nationwide. The report demonstrates that energy use in multifamily buildings can be reduced substantially through better coordination between apartment building owners and energy utilities. Developing effective energy efficieny policies and directly...
The White House ‘Green Button Initiative’ hopes that someday soon everyone will be able to monitor and control their home energy usage, and lower their monthly utility bills, with a few swipes on a smartphone app. The vision of the Green Button initiative is to bring together the nation’s utilities, energy consumers and private industry to develop Internet and mobile phone-style technologies and business models aimed at reducing energy...
