Colorado's building performance standards affects about 8,000 buildings, including some in Denver already subject to similar standards set by the city. Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission ...

Building performance standards are being successfully implemented in Boulder, Colorado; Tokyo; the United Kingdom; and the Netherlands. Building performance standards are being successfully ...

Owners of large commercial buildings in Fort Collins are off the hook, at least for now, when it comes to meeting specific energy use targets. A three-year effort to develop a building performance ...

ASHRAE recently released a new Building Performance Standards Technical Resource Guide. Building Performance Standards (BPS): A Technical Resource Guide was created to provide a technical basis for ...

The plan faces opposition from some business groups who favor an incentive-based approach over penalties. If approved, the rules would apply to about 700 commercial buildings of 10,000 square feet or ...

District energy systems can accelerate decarbonization of buildings in cities. The clock is ticking for building owners in U.S. cities that have enacted performance standards to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Oregon is implementing a new regulatory framework for energy efficiency that will significantly impact the commercial and multifamily real estate sectors. As part of this new framework, the Oregon ...

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed a bill that would require buildings in the city of St. Louis to meet energy efficiency standards and establishes resources to help building owners achieve the ...

Buildings account for approximately 30% of global energy consumption and 26% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. In cities like Toronto, Boston, New ...