California Energy Commission
6 years ago | 15 IMPRESSIONS
Building Energy Use Program Changing How California Companies Conserve
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Benchmarking is beginning to change the way California’s companies conserve energy. Statewide benchmarking, or measuring a building’s energy usage compared to similar buildings, has emerged through legislation and programs established in San Francisco, Berkeley, and most recently, Los Angeles. ...
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Eric Mackres
6 years ago | 18 IMPRESSIONS
4 Surprising Ways Energy-Efficient Buildings Benefit Cities
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Urbanization presents major challenges: congestion, sprawl, inefficiency, health hazards and high cost of living, just to name a few. ...
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Eliot Whittington
6 years ago | 20 IMPRESSIONS
Buildings renovation: The low hanging fruit for emissions savings
With real estate responsible for over a third of the EU’s CO2 emissions, legislating to improve energy savings in the building stock is a low hanging fruit that our governments would be mad not to pick, argues Eliot Whittington. ...
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europa.eu
6 years ago | 17 IMPRESSIONS
Commission welcomes final vote on energy performance of buildings
New rules will make buildings smarter and more energy efficient, saving money and creating jobs in the renovation and construction sector. The European Parliament gave today its final approval on the revised Energy Performance of Buildings directive. ...
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