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Household Energy Usage Increases Due to Pandemic, Energy Mortgages May Help

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According to a Freddie Mac report, household electrical usage in late March was 22% higher than the same time last year. Some local utility companies in states such as California, Michigan and New York have asked consumers to moderate electricity usage as a result of this increased demand. cbroderick. Thu, 09/10/2020 - 10:00.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

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California is the exception, developing its own building energy code—commonly referred to simply as “Title-24”—that leads the nation in establishing a higher baseline for building energy performance. Natural ventilation through operable windows has been a common ventilation strategy for high-rise residential buildings in California.

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M&V, MBCx, WTF: Building Performance Monitoring as a Means to Achieve Decarbonization Goals

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M&V tells you how much energy is used and can be grouped together by load type and energy end-uses including HVAC, plug loads, lighting, electric vehicle charging (EVs), photovoltaics (PV), elevators, and any large equipment like chillers, air handling units, boilers, and pumps.

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AEE WEST 2023: Building Performance Monitoring

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M&V tells you how much energy is used and can be grouped together by load type and energy end-uses including HVAC, plug loads, lighting, electric vehicle charging (EVs), photovoltaics (PV), elevators, and any large equipment like chillers, air handling units, boilers, and pumps.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: California's.

Natural Building

Californias Green Building Code. California has adopted the nations first statewide green-building standards, which will become mandatory in 2010. The new California Green Buildings Standards Code requires builders to reduce energy use by 15 to 30 percent beyond current standards and use more recycled materials. Yeah California!

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Governor’s Report: Sooner Is Better In Oklahoma

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The number of STEM degrees and certificates conferred at state system colleges and universities reach a record high in the last academic year with more than 6,000 students receiving degrees and certificates in STEM disciplines, a 28-percent increase over the last five years.”.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. California remains the Sun King by far (more than five times the installed solar power capacity of any other state).