Australian Solar Hot Water Installations Top One Million Mark

Source: reneweconomy.com.au Published: October 21, 2016 The number of solar hot water systems installed in Australia has topped the one million mark, according to the Clean Energy Regulator, but the rate of installation is at its lowest in a decade. The CER said in a...

Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America

Source: greentechmedia.com Published: January 13, 2016 Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America Katherine Tweed California is home to more than half of all the net-zero buildings in the U.S., according to a new survey from the Net-Zero Energy...

Retrofits Are Key to an Energy Efficient Building Stock

Source:  forbes.com Published: April 13, 2016 Liberty Tower Lobby By Benjamin Freas Even if all new buildings from today on were built to be net zero energy, it would take several decades for the change to have an appreciable effect on overall building energy...

India Looks to LEDs in Massive Energy Conservation Bid

Source: voanews.com Published: March 4, 2016 FILE – High-efficiency LED light bulb “E-CORE”, shown at the 17th Toshiba Group Environmental Exhibition in Tokyo. A street light retrofit is expected to lead to a significant conservation of energy in India and reduce its...

How to Make Cities More Energy Efficient

Source: news.mit.edu Published: April 20, 2016 In this image of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the colors represent which buildings could be retrofitted to obtain different percentages of total energy savings. Converting just red and orange buildings would achieve 40...

6 Ways to Fund Energy Efficiency Retrofits

Source: greenbiz.com Published: November 1, 2011 Shutterstock. By David Metcalfe Energy efficiency is one of the most popular first steps to take when addressing corporate energy footprints, for the simple reason that small investments can produce big results. Not...

Using Green Roofs to Reduce Heat Islands

Source: epa.gov Published: January 13, 2017 A green roof on an apartment building in Portland, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services)   Green roofs have been proven to help reduce heat islands. This page provides a brief overview of the...