Building Decarbonization
Upgrading the gas pipeline network could prepare existing infrastructure to carry zero-carbon fuels, but it's an “enormous task,” researcher Erin Blanton said.
Maine surpassed 75,000 total heat pumps last year and installed 28,000 in 2020 alone, according to Michael Stoddard, executive director of Efficiency Maine.
Ann Arbor is considering creating of Michigan's first “sustainable energy utility” to drive energy efficiency, renewable power and microgrids.
PacifiCorp will receive $6.42 million in Department of Energy funding for a “connected communities” pilot project in Utah, one of 10 projects nationwide.
A Maryland Climate Change Commission working group recommends ordering the state's Building Code Administration to adopt an all-electric construction code.
The New York State Climate Action Council discussed an integration analysis toward shaping its final scoping plan by year-end to reach goals outlined in the CLCPA.
IEA released its annual World Energy Outlook a month earlier than usual as a guide for policymakers ahead of the U.N.'s Glasgow conference in November.
A California Energy Commission workshop explored ways that grid-interactive efficient buildings can contribute to carbon reduction goals.
The race to make hydrogen the world's transportation and industrial fuel in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is well underway.
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Consultants to the Vermont Climate Council modeled GHG emission reductions based on proposed actions from the council’s Cross-sector Mitigation Subcommittee.
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