ATLANTA — ASHRAE is applauding the recent release from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the first part of a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero-emissions building. The “National ...

In this climate-conscious world, builders and developers are expected to do their part by improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions from the structures they build. But how exactly to define ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector. The definition is ...

BTO states that responses to the RFI will be utilized to develop a National Definition for a Zero Emissions building whose purpose is stated to: . . . serve as a clear market signal and consistent ...

The Department of Energy released a Request for Information (RFI) for feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders on a draft national ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new national definition of a zero emissions building. The definition is intended to provide industry guidance to support new and existing commercial and ...

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Timothy Lock, a management partner at Belfast design firm OPAL, was part of a team that provided support and guidance to the White House Climate Policy Office to set a newly proposed “zero emissions” ...

The Biden administration on Thursday will define what amounts to a “zero-emission” building, establishing a new national standard in an effort to tackle one of the biggest contributors to climate ...

Dozens of architecture, engineering, and contracting firms have signed on to a proposal from the Biden administration that would develop a single definition for a zero-emissions building. Among the 69 ...

The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) has issued what it deems the: …National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building (“National Definition”). The National Definition was developed by DOE’s ...