The U.S. Department of Energy is offering funding to help state and local governments upgrade their building codes to boost energy efficiency. The department is making $1 billion available through the ...

The New Orleans skyline. An analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy determined that the state of Louisiana has the most to gain from adopting the recent building energy codes.

DOE chief Jennifer Granholm warned the creators of the nation's most widely used model for building energy codes yesterday that their work could be sliding toward "irrelevance" in addressing climate ...

DOE seeks public input to drive the cost-effective implementation of building energy codes for greater efficiency, resilience, and cost savings. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Request ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) has issued a request for information regarding funding cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes. The ...

The Building Green global dataset collects data on building energy codes and standards applicable to new and existing buildings, as well as their enforcement mechanisms and levels of compliance. The ...

It can be easy to think of smoke-spewing factories as the energy hogs spinning our climate out of control, but when it comes to the sheer amount of electricity used in the U.S., the real problem is ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the grant program is part of an effort to transition to a clean energy economy. Photo by Donica Payne/U.S. Dept. of Energy September 19, 2023 The U.S. Dept ...

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has started the application process for the second cohort of the Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation Program funding, offering $90 million to ...

image: Applying new approaches in energy codes may support improved building efficiency and decarbonization in the Big Apple and beyond. view more Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is ...

Boston would adopt a new, voluntary energy-efficient building code that would require new construction be wired for all-electric use under a plan pitched by Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday. If approved ...

CLIMATEWIRE | The annual federal assessment of the nation’s disaster preparedness for the first time cites problems with out-of-date state and local building codes, which have left millions of homes ...