The buildings industry has long been looking beyond component-level energy-saving measures to achieve the next level of efficiency in buildings. In 2015, the Alliance to Save Energy launched the Systems Efficiency Initiative (SEI) – a multi-year collaboration among industry leaders,...

Staying in town after the forum wraps on the April 19? Join the Pittsburgh 2030 District for an evening of celebration, networking, and a short presentation for the data nerd in each of us. Get full details below and register...

Published in MicroGrid Knowledge: Pittsburgh wants an airport microgrid. And developers — a lot of them — want to build it. The Allegheny County Airport Authority has received 64 responses to its request for expressions of interest seeking a developer to...

This guest blog was originally published in GreenBiz on March 6, 2018. See post at GreenBiz The oculus inside the zero-net-energy VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Center in Vancouver, Canada. Credit: Kent Kalberg/Vancouver Parks Board   The last  two years have...

According to New Buildings Institute, the number of net zero projects doubled from 2012 to 2014. Yet confusion around the term “net zero” prevents it from reaching its full potential, an even wider, faster adoption across the country. So what...

When does a path become a road? Is it volume of travelers, difficulty of terrain or perhaps the need to arrive more rapidly at the destination to create the attention and resources needed to smooth out the path? For zero...

The net-zero energy (NZE) movement is gaining momentum, revolutionizing building design and construction and presenting new career opportunities for students. As a student myself with a strong interest in sustainable design and building science, I have been closely following the...

Hear Clay Nesler talk about Johnson Control’s Sustainable Energy 4 All (SE4All) program in this short question and answer session. The program is a public-private partnership between companies, NGO partners such as SE4All and WRI, and 28 cities looking to...

The City of San Luis Obispo, CA declared June 20 to be “Net Zero Energy Day”. Mayor Heidi Harmon said, “Recent events to change federal climate action policies will not prevent the City from taking a leadership role on what...

I recall my father’s advice, “Do the best you can with what you have, and if the stars align, you’ll have the opportunity for better.” The staff at Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI’s) office in Boulder, Colorado, had made the most...