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Net Zero Carbon: A Quick Plug for All-Electric Buildings

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An important step towards eliminating operational carbon is for buildings to go all-electric. All-electric buildings help reduce carbon emissions in three major ways: 1. By carefully selecting appropriate strategies, all-electric buildings on a wide scale can be cost effective in the long-term while mitigating climate change.

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More about design drawings and model planning

Construction Cost Estimating

Generally this process of making plans and producing them is known as technical drawing and a working drawing is a kind of technical drawing where documentation has to be done to build any engineering product or architecture such as civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing etc. and many more. Option appraisals.

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Could Every U.S. Home Be Retrofitted to Zero-Energy?

Pro Builder

The average American home still runs on fossil fuels, but one report has found a feasible plan to transform each home into a zero-energy one. To make the shift possible, the government needs to enable cheap financing, since the upfront cost of buying an electric car or putting solar panels on the roof is still often out of reach.

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2024 International Energy Conservation Code Will Use a New Development Process

Pro Builder

Development of the 2024 national model energy code is well underway, and the process for this cycle differs significantly from previous cycles. NAHB seeks to make sure the next iteration of the model energy code is grounded in cost-effective, practical solutions that work in the field and are acceptable to homebuyers and homeowners.

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Congress Creates Tenant Star But Does Little Else

Green Building Law Update

The bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy to “study” the feasibility of improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

Pro Builder

The prize awards organizations that demonstrate ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to the housing affordability crisis. The fund seeks to build a community of practice and replication model to assist other cities in deploying this innovative fund model in their markets.

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Creating a sense of place with multipurpose K-12 school buildings

BD+C

Today’s students (and teaching models) demand a higher level of creativity in design, offering sensitivity to acoustics, movable walls that allow for reconfiguration, and access to and control of daylight. These large spaces continue to consume resources, such as electricity and heat or air-conditioning, when unoccupied.

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