building energy performance News
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NREL Aims to Improve Building Energy Performance with New Web-Based Tool
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a web-based tool to help consumers better understand the energy performance of building-related products. The Technology Performance Exchange™ (TPEx™) is a portal that helps manufacturers and other organizations that measure and test products easily share performance data with product consumers. ...
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Commissioner Piebalgs welcomes political agreement on energy performance of buildings
Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs welcomes the political agreement on energy performance of buildings reached yesterday by representatives of the European Parliament and the Council. The agreement will greatly contribute to achieving EU Climate and Energy objectives for 2020 and to boost European economy. The agreement will strengthen the building codes and energy performance requirements for ...
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Bentley appoints Dru Crawley, ‘father of EnergyPlus,’ as director, building energy performance products
AIA 2010 National Convention –Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced it has appointed Dru Crawley, Ph.D., AIA, FASHRAE, to the newly created position of director, Building Energy Performance Products. Prior to joining Bentley, Dr. Crawley was Commercial ...
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Energy performance of buildings: the Commission asks Italy and Spain to ensure full compliance with European legislation
The European Commission today formally requested Italy and Spain to ensure full compliance with European rules on the energy performance of buildings. These rules should in particular enable European citizens to benefit from all relevant information about the buildings which they buy or rent. They also require each Member State to provide for a scheme for the regular inspection of boilers and ...
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EPA Awards Almost $700,000 to Student Teams in Sustainable Technology Competition
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded grants to 45 college teams in phase I of its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) annual student design competition. Each grant, totaling up to $15,000 per team, for an overall amount of $675,000, is applied toward designing and developing sustainable technologies to help protect people’s health and the environment while ...
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Commission launches BUILD UP web portal to help cut energy consumption for buildings
The European Commission launched today the BUILD UP web portal on http://www.buildup.eu/ as a tool for sharing information on reducing energy use of buildings. Content will be regularly updated and enhanced by users themselves to cover a wide range of good practice in energy reduction and of information on legislation. “The BUILD UP web portal will enable anyone from home owners to builders to ...
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Onset Publishes Best Practices Guide on Monitoring Green Roof Performance
As green roofs become more popular for environmentally-sensitive, sustainable buildings, monitoring and documenting their performance has become important. A new 12-page best practices guide from Onset, Monitoring Green Roof Performance with Weather Stations, discusses the importance of monitoring and documenting green roof performance, and explains how data logging weather stations can help ...
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Masdar Partners with Germany’s Fraunhofer Gesellschaft to Establish Facade Testing Centre in Abu Dhabi
Masdar today announced it is partnering with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, one of the world’s leading research institutions, to build a facade test centre within Masdar City, the world’s first low carbon, low energy city based in Abu Dhabi. (Left-Right): Dr Sultan Al Jaber, CEO Masdar and Professor Eicke Weber, Director of Fraunhofer ISE (Photo: Business Wire) ...
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CBRE Achieves Energy Performance Excellence With cr360
CBRE, the world’s largest real estate investment manager, is providing clients with vital building information to meet their energy and sustainability goals, ensuring regulatory compliance and streamlining external reporting, with software from cr360, part of UL EHS Sustainability. Thanks to new regulations buildings with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of F or G cannot be ...
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EPA Awards Almost $45,000 to New England Student Teams for Sustainable Technology
College teams at Dartmouth College, University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the College of the Atlantic were among 45 college teams nationwide to win approximately $15,000 each from EPA through a student design competition that promotes the design of sustainable technologies to help protect the public health and the environment while also promoting economic development. Teams at the three schools ...
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Onset Announces Green Roof Monitoring System
Onset (http://www.onsetcomp.com), a leading supplier of data loggers and weather stations, today announced the HOBO® Green Roof Monitoring System, a research-grade system for measuring the performance of green roofs. Providing reliable performance in harsh rooftop conditions, the 15-channel system enables users to quickly and easily monitor green roof conditions, measure stormwater runoff, ...
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New standard on collection and disclosure of energy use information under development by astm environmental assessment committee
As interest in energy efficiency and green buildings continues to build, it is easy to imagine that property due diligence by prospective buyers and lessees will begin to include such environmental considerations, which can impact property values and rental rates. This is particularly true in light of legislation such as California’s Assembly Bill 1103, a new law that became effective Jan. 1 and ...
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IES launches V6.1 of the VE
IES today released version 6.1 of its <Virtual Environment> software suite. New features, which improve technical functionality and user experience, include plug-in enhancements to facilitate better model transfer, a new Bio-Climatic feature within VE-Gaia, and advanced thermal, HVAC and bulk airflow features within VE-Pro. These new features continue IES’ drive to open up the ...
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Leap and NRG Energy Partner on Next-Gen Grid Services Program in Texas
Leap, a leading energy market access provider, and NRG Energy, Inc. brand Direct Energy, a retail electric provider serving C&I customers in Texas, this week (July 6) announced a strategic partnership to deploy a real-time grid services program in Texas to bolster grid flexibility generating savings for NRG customers. Leap together with NRG's automated real-time economic dispatch program will ...
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NREL-Developed Software Tackles Building Efficiency and Offers Cost Savings
A unique software application created by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) could improve the efficiency of commercial buildings by allowing occupants to interact with buildings more directly. The new Building Agent (BA) application allows facility managers to quickly diagnose and adjust for problems based on direct occupant comfort feedback. Occupants are ...
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Johnson Controls participates in the Green Button initiative for energy efficiency
Johnson Controls, a global leader in delivering solutions that increase efficiency in buildings, today announced its participation in the Green Button initiative. This White House-inspired, industry-led initiative, allows commercial and residential customers to securely download detailed energy usage from their utility's website. A Green Button link will be integrated into Johnson Controls' ...
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How to turn blueprints green
Open-source program developed at MIT allows architects and engineers to optimize a building’s energy systems early in the design process Even in today’s increasingly energy-conscious world, it’s rare for the subject of energy efficiency to be addressed in the early stages of designing a new building, whether it’s a single-family home or a large factory or office building. Typically, issues about ...
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Demand for Greater Energy Efficiency Drives Building Automation Systems Market, says Frost & Sullivan
The building sector is one of the primary consumers of energy in Europe, accounting for 40 percent of energy demand and 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. This has underlined the need for improved energy efficiency in both existing and new buildings. Initiatives supporting energy efficiency, reinforced by EU legislation, are providing a fillip to the building automation systems (BAS) market. ...
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Orange, Calif. JCPenney among winners of U.S. EPA’s first national building competition to save energy (CA)
The JCPenney Store located at 2200 N. Tustin, Orange, Calif., is among the top three winners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Building Competition. The competition, launched on April 27, 2010, challenged teams from 14 buildings across the country to measure their building’s energy use and reduce waste with help from the Energy Star program. "The amazing results ...
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Frost & Sullivan forecasts high growth for building integrated photovoltaics fuelled by France and Italy
Distinctive tariffs and increasing awareness about their benefits are the main drivers of demand for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). However, more suitable and standardised products are required in the market. Decline and withdrawal of incentives in the near future will be the main challenge for industry participants. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ...
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