Isabel Funk/Sun-Times Traci Quinn, CEO of Pink Hats Construction and Development Group, works on a model wall made of hempcrete. As a mason with asthma and bronchitis, every time Larry Hill buys a new building he has to tear out and redo the interior. “I don’t know what’s in […] Click here to view original […]
San Diego has adopted a goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, largely by phasing out the use of natural gas. But a recent court ruling throws a wrench into the city’s plans for building electrification. City officials had hoped to update the city’s building code […] Click here to view original
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The Winthrop Center in Boston. Image courtesy of Millennium Partners. The new Winthrop Center in Boston by Handel Architects has just been certified by the Passive House Institute (PHI) as the largest Passive House office design in the world, according to an announcement made Friday by the Germany-based international […] Click here to view original
Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego on Oct. 14, 2016. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters In summary The California Public Utilities Commission is considering a rule that would gut the payments that solar panels on […] Click here to view original
The US achieving net zero by 2050 is possible, and a new report released today maps how it can get there with EV adoption at scale. The ICF Climate Center, a climate and environment research arm within global consulting firm ICF , released a new report today, “Zeroing in […] Click here to view original
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EXCLUSIVE: We should have baked in the highest energy codes into Australia’s building standards from the start instead of the incremental “slow creep” we ended up with, says the man who presided over the Building Codes Board for nine years. Australia lags the rest of the world in energy […] Click here to view original
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