Source: DWM magazine What began as a trickle has suddenly cascaded as of late into a legislative rush toward improved energy efficiency, leading many industry experts and others optimistic that a more effective national standard is soon on the way.
Source: Energy Manager Today Tackling rising energy consumption in US buildings will require a more coordinated and coherent approach to energy efficiency codes and regulation, one that is more focused on retrofits – where most potential gains lie, according to a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Source:UK Green Building Council Energy saving improvements can increase the value of a home by 14 per cent on average - adding more than £16,000 to the sale price, according to a new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Source: ECOBUILDING Pulse A Minneapolis initiative aims to build 100 energy-efficient homes over the next five years to revitalize economically struggling neighborhoods in the north part of the city.
Source: ARCHITECT 2013 By Kriston Capps Under pressure from industry, some states are turning against using LEED as a building performance rating system.
Source: ECO BUILDING pulse By Jennifer Goodman Boston will become the eighth city in the country with an energy rating policy, following similar recent legislation in Philadelphia and Minneapolis.
Source: DWM The recently introduced Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act was passed by a Senate Committee yesterday. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen ( D – N.H.) and Rob Portman (R – Ohio), calls for state-based commercial energy-efficiency programs that leverage private financing.
Source: The Daily Star Panasonic, one of the largest electronic companies in the world, which provides a wide range of products under the Panasonic brand to enrich people’s lives all around the world, aims to be the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the electronics industry in 2018, the 10th anniversary of its founding.
The company announced they would make the ‘environment’ central of all their business activities and take the lead in promoting the ‘Green Revolution’, which is taking place around the world for the next generation. |