For low-income Americans, weatherization and residential energy efficiency provides real relief   READ MORE >>

Here’s a cross-section of the energy conversations that took center stage last week:   READ MORE >>

“How many LEED points can I get? Do I quality for a specific incentive?” To energy modelers, questions like these sound like a broken record. Yet properly used, energy modeling can provide information that optimizes a building’s energy consumption, reduces life cycle costs and even reduces first cost.   READ MORE >>

As part of its RetroFit Initiative, RMI convened two summits this spring: one to advance education, tools, and best practices for whole building energy analysis and one to encourage financing for energy-efficient design. The summits brought together diverse partners and stakeholders with the goal of capitalizing on opportunities in each industry to support the widespread adoption of energy efficient building design and operation.   READ MORE >>

Building energy modeling has enjoyed a steep adoption and market uptake curve in the last decade. However, the two biggest drivers of today’s modeling demand—the building owner’s need to comply with regulations and codes, and the owner’s desire to comply with voluntary programs like LEED, tax incentives and utility incentives—do not necessarily best support the objective of widespread low-energy building design and operation.   READ MORE >>