Auditing and strategic planning for buildings, their systems, and their efficiency have long been an important part of the facility and energy managers’ toolkit for decreasing energy demand and consumption.
The Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers and Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) funding will help advance cost-effective solutions for electrifying buildings across the nation while also improving their energy efficiency and demand flexibility.
Building vertifications serve as environmental and sustainability badges of honor, demonstrating excellence not only for the facilities but the contractors twisting the wrenches as well.
Awards of Merit and Excellence were announced for buildings in four separate categories: Education, Recreation and Religious; Manufacturing and Warehouse; Reroof, Renovation, Addition; and Specialty.
NFL Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson is partnering with Carrier Global Corporation to help launch solutions critical to healthy and sustainable buildings and homes.
Mayors from 10 additional U.S. cities announced that they are joining the City Energy Project, a united effort to address their largest source of energy use and climate pollution: buildings.
Larry Andriunas has announced the launch of Kodaro LLC, a software development company that he will lead from California’s Bay Area. Operating in the building automation industry, Kodaro will create ways to connect building controls through software drivers, software applications, and enterprise solutions.