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DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program in EERE’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) has released Version 2 of its national program requirements for single-family homes (ZERH V2).

As much of the country hunkers down for a cold winter, we recall a warmer time from this past August when buildings experts and thought leaders convened at the ACEEE’s biennial Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings.

New Rule Would Strengthen Grid Resiliency, Cut Carbon Emissions, and Deliver up to $15 Billion in Savings to the Nation
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office (BTO) announced its Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) – 2022/23 funding opportunity announcement (FOA).

First-Ever Proposed Emissions Standard for New Federal Buildings is Projected to Save $8 Million Per Year in Costs and Decrease Long-Term Carbon Emissions

124 teams from 97 collegiate institutions are working to solve the climate crisis, one building at a time, by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2023 Design Challenge.

Acting Assistant Secretary Alejandro Moreno offers his thoughts on a recent visit to Ohio State University
Recently, the ENERGY STAR® program released its final specification (Version 7.0) for residential windows, doors, and skylights that establish higher energy-efficiency benchmarks for products to earn EPA’s coveted ENERGY STAR certification.

First-ever Berkeley Lab study finds relationship between Home Energy Score, sale price, and mortgage repayment in cities with Home Energy Score listing policies.
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced its intent to issue a FOA called “Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2022.”