Improving energy efficiency and reducing building electric loads are key first steps toward decarbonization. While every commercial or industrial building has a unique capital improvement plan and ...

Since buildings consume 75% of electricity in the U.S., they offer great potential for saving energy and reducing the demands on America’s rapidly changing electric grid. But, how much, where, and ...

Suppose you meet with an architect and ask her to design a building. You tell her the design you'd like, the size, and where it will be located. You might also specify the level of energy efficiency ...

Most of a building’s carbon pollution doesn’t come from construction., instead it builds up quietly during decades of daily ...

There is a saying, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” When it comes to managing utility costs in large buildings, energy use can’t be measured without knowing how much the buildings are ...

(Bloomberg) -- Energy Star — best known for its bright blue-and-white logo — saves homeowners billions of dollars every year in energy costs. But it includes another key feature widely used by ...

The Woodlands Mall became the flagship site for the real estate giant’s peak demand reduction initiative, which helps it ...

The Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) is an easy-to-use software tool that performs energy efficiency assessments by analyzing existing building energy use and identifying cost-effective savings ...

Buildings produce a large share of New York's greenhouse gas emissions, but predicting future energy demand—essential for reducing those emissions—has been hampered by missing data on how buildings ...

Water and energy in buildings are intertwined, not only at the point of consumption, but also at the point of generation. Four percent of electricity use in the U.S., or 75 billion kWh annually, is ...

As someone who has spent years examining the challenges of indoor environmental quality, I understand the complex challenges that rising temperatures pose for commercial buildings. The intersection of ...