Staying Home? Good. Keep Your Energy Use Healthy, Too.
As the world works to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states, and cities are urging us to stay home...
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Improved Building Energy Model Code Challenged
Better building codes mean lower energy bills, which results in lower costs for consumers and fewer carbon emissions for the planet. Sounds like a winning combi...
DOE Under Secretary Misses the Efficiency Standards Facts
This blog is authored by my colleague Ashley Leung. What saves money for Americans, reduces climate-warming emissions, and keeps getting delayed by the Trump...
New DOE Policy Kneecaps Energy Efficiency Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just announced it has finalized changes to its energy efficiency standards process that will slow down—if not halt altoget...
Delayed Energy Efficiency Standards Finally Published
The delayed standards will save consumers $8.4 billion in utility bill costs while avoiding nearly 100 million tons of carbon pollution over the next 30 years....
A Better Energy Code Is a Holiday Gift for the Planet
The people have spoken: the 2021 building energy code will be the best one yet. In fact, the upcoming code may represent the biggest energy efficiency gains in...