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Better Buildings Initiative Is Decarbonizing America’s Built Environment

Making buildings more efficient is not only good for the environment, it saves money too.

Steve HanleyMay 19, 2022

Buildings

Lighting Experts Encourage Innovative Use of Advanced Lighting

The Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Initiative introduced the Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) in 2020 to encourage facility owners, operators, and managers to save energy and reinvest those...

U.S. Department of EnergyFebruary 23, 2022

Buildings

Studies In Chattanooga & Roanoke Could Help Slash Energy Usage In Homes & Buildings

Improving the energy efficiency of buildings can slash utility costs. New studies in Chattanooga and Roanoke show how.

Steve HanleyDecember 5, 2019

Buildings

White House Finally Gets Its Solar Panels… Again (VIDEO)

The White House video above doesn’t note that President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House decades ago that were later removed...

Zachary ShahanMay 9, 2014

Biofuels

Switchgrass Biofuel Potentially Cheaper Than Oil for Heating Homes

To be filed in the category of everything old is new again: a new study from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) suggests that...

Tina CaseyMarch 25, 2013

Buildings

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Invisible Solar Cells That Look Like Glass

If researchers could develop a low cost, invisible solar cell to sub in for ordinary window glass, the result would be a sustainability twofer...

Tina CaseyMarch 10, 2013

Buildings

Sprint, Macy’s, & Johnson Controls Join DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge

This article below has been republished from the U.S. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) website (image & link added): The Energy Department on February 21...

Guest ContributorMarch 1, 2013

Clean Power

Biggest Solar Power Company in U.S. Could More than Double in Size

With control over 320 megawatts of solar power generating capacity, Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources already calls itself the biggest solar power company in...

Tina CaseyDecember 27, 2012

Buildings

The Smart Money Is Betting On Smart Windows

Okay, so maybe Damon Runyon was not thinking about a government-supported energy efficiency research project when he wrote, “the race is not always...

Tina CaseyDecember 6, 2012

Agriculture

OriginOil Has a Vision for Urban Algae Biofuel Farming

For all you urban energy harvesters out there, here’s a little something to go with your micro wind turbine and your rooftop solar...

Tina CaseyJuly 16, 2012

Buildings

“Pimp My Elevator” Retrofit Turns Clunkers into Energy Savers

Forget about turning your car into a rolling DJ booth, the ThyssenKrupp Americas Elevator company has just launched the vertical version of the...

Tina CaseyFebruary 19, 2012

CleanTechnica

All posts tagged "Better Buildings Initiative"

Buildings

Better Buildings Initiative Is Decarbonizing America’s Built Environment

Buildings

Lighting Experts Encourage Innovative Use of Advanced Lighting

Buildings

Studies In Chattanooga & Roanoke Could Help Slash Energy Usage In Homes & Buildings

Buildings

White House Finally Gets Its Solar Panels… Again (VIDEO)

Biofuels

Switchgrass Biofuel Potentially Cheaper Than Oil for Heating Homes

Buildings

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Invisible Solar Cells That Look Like Glass

Buildings

Sprint, Macy’s, & Johnson Controls Join DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge

Clean Power

Biggest Solar Power Company in U.S. Could More than Double in Size

Buildings

The Smart Money Is Betting On Smart Windows

Agriculture

OriginOil Has a Vision for Urban Algae Biofuel Farming

Buildings

“Pimp My Elevator” Retrofit Turns Clunkers into Energy Savers