The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP) have jointly announced that BCAP will transition from its status as a program of ASE and become an independent organization.
Four out of five American consumers and energy professionals view energy efficiency as a personal priority and at least two out of three believe it could significantly reduce overall energy use if not for political squabbling, two new surveys indicate.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has announced the addition of new features and updates to EnergyIQ, its free, web-based, energy benchmarking tool for nonresidential buildings. LBNL said these improvements help to speed and simplify energy benchmarking against a growing database of buildings.
Americans used more energy in 2013 than the prior year, according to the latest energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Americans had used less energy in 2012 and 2011 than the previous year, but that trend has been reversed.
The country could be on the tipping point of a potential transformation in building energy efficiency and the role of the electric utility in serving commercial buildings.
McKinstry has begun work on several energy savings projects for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) that will address aging infrastructure needs, reduce energy waste, and save money at federally-owned facilities across six states in the GSA Rocky Mountain Region.
Construction on a new energy research facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus will start this April. Research conducted there will address the smart grid, integration of renewable energy into the grid, reducing energy use in buildings, and more.
Rebounding from a tough two years of slowing growth, the energy service company (ESCO) market in the United States is expected to resume its expansion in the coming years.