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The toolkits provide step-by-step information on the technology packages from project applicability checklists to operations and maintenance manuals.

The U.S. Department of Energy released a new Better Buildings Initiative resource, the Healthcare Financing Primer.

ASHRAE has released the "Advanced Energy Design Guide (AEDG) for Small to Medium Office Buildings: Achieving Zero Energy."

Building commissioning remains a cost-effective way to improve the operation of your building while lowering energy use and mitigating other risks.

Often located in small- to medium-sized buildings, small businesses face a common barrier to maximizing economic growth – energy costs.

Numerous barriers persist to widespread uptake and implementation of smart building technologies.

To help city staff and program administrators manage energy data, IIMT recently released the Putting Data to Work toolkit.

It's no surprise that aging properties are in desperate need of improvements given that nearly 60% of multifamily buildings were built before 1980.

Paying for energy projects is a persistent barrier especially in the retail sector. Learn what The Home Depot did.

The Interior Lighting Campaign is accepting applications for its 2018 recognition cycle.

The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is accepting applications for its spring 2018 recognition cycle.

There are a variety of challenges that energy projects face in the path to implementation, not the least of which is navigating the approvals process.

Today's lighting technology quickly pays for itself by cutting energy costs up to 70% and can potentially eliminate up to 90% of maintenance costs.

The awards will reflect the campaign’s new focus by including categories for intelligent controls and automated fault detection and diagnostics.

Cities across the U.S. are working to slash energy waste, save money for citizens, and improve the overall quality of life in their communities.

The focus of the RTU Campaign has been encouraging high-efficiency RTU improvements in commercial buildings through the replacement of old RTUs.

Advocates for the development of high-performing, energy efficient buildings understand the hurdles that come along with proving the business case.

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

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

The energy used for lighting parking facilities is equal to the annual energy use of more than 10 million homes!

In an age where advanced buildings stream a wide range of actionable data through tools like building automation systems and...

How can we use energy savings measures, big data from buildings and strategic investment planning to capture 20-30% more building energy savings?

Two ASHRAE certification programs, the Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP) and the Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP), recently rec

Over one million buildings have energy and asset data entered into the Building Performance Database (BPD)!

Recent innovations in the procurement approach for new construction buildings developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been s