Northeast states could greatly increase the energy efficiency of homes and buildings through a public policy requiring the rating and disclosure of a building’s energy performance, according to a new ...

Judging by its energy usage, the School Without Walls in the District of Columbia may actually have no walls: It scores a 16 out of 100 on the EnergyStar scale, which ranks buildings by energy ...

Recent findings from the Better Buildings Partnership raise serious questions about the efficacy of energy efficiency ratings used in the United Kingdom. The study found that buildings that have ...

Click here to download a PDF of High-Performance Reconstructed Buildings: The 99% Solution, the 9th in a Series of White Papers on the Green Building Movement When green building rating programs were ...

Rental properties which are more energy efficient are attracting a “premium” to live there, a report has found.Private sector ...

Buildings are notoriously inefficient—accounting for an estimated 40% of global energy consumption and 30% of energy related greenhouse gas emissions—with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ...

Communities rely on schools, hospitals and offices every day. Despite their vital role, upgrading them with the latest technologies to optimize operations, better manage energy use and keep occupants ...

The enhanced BEST 6.2 focuses attention on energy use, including up to four selected systems in one life-cycle comparison report. The latest version of BEST addresses the challenge of sustainability ...

Correspondent Heating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the ...