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DOE has released the results of an exploratory study investigating energy losses in Ethernet cables used between Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches...

The Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings was recently released to support schools in their zero energy performance goals.

FloorspaceJS is new open-source 2D floor-plan editor. It will initially complement the OpenStudio SketchUp plug-in and eventually replace it.

DOE recognized two Seattle-area Better Buildings Challenge partners, King County and Shari's Café & Pies, for their energy-efficient upgrades.

A nascent area of research is beginning to link high performance with other aspects of a building’s financial performance.

The Institute for Market Transformation has created The Business Case for High-Performance Building, a course for real estate brokerage professionals.

The Energy Department’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) is researching opportunities to make homes safer and more efficient through SBIR.

Commercial buildings consume approximately 20 percent of all energy in the U.S. with tenants occupying 50 percent of commercial building space.

Startup BuildSim’s new offering brings GitHub’s project management, version control, and collaboration features to building energy simulation.

Better Buildings Better Plants Program partners saved billions in energy costs across 3,000 facilities—12% of the U.S. manufacturing energy footprint.