Heat Pump Water Heaters as Clean-Energy Batteries
Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are a game-changing technology that can eliminate climate and air pollution from water heating in buildings. And if that isn’t ...
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2019 Set the Stage for Cleaner and Healthier Buildings
Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2019 Climate & Clean Energy Developments As 2020 begins, so does an era of clean, efficient buildings in states...
Lawsuit Wants to Lock Us Into Polluting Fuels
With a growing number of communities in California and nationwide passing local ordinances to transition new buildings to clean energy, the oil and gas industry...
San José Adopts Strongest Building Code Among Large Cities
San José has successfully reached for a modern, more sustainable building energy code; its City Council voted today to adopt requirements for builders that wil...
San José’s Proposed Building “Reach Code,” Explained
San José is reaching for a modern, more sustainable building energy code this September with an important opportunity before its City Council members: to adopt...
SLO Could Pass the Next Landmark Clean Energy Building Code
San Luis Obispo could become one of the first cities in the state to pass landmark policy aimed at transitioning to zero-emission electric homes and businesses ...