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Codes and Standards

Illinois Advances Building Efficiency With Its Own Energy Conservation Code

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James Leggate
July 12, 2024
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The state implemented a custom energy conservation code based on the 2021 IECC this year and is in the process of developing a stretch energy code.


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SOM, Energy Vault Enter Partnership on Gravity-Based Energy Storage

New systems will use the lifting of large composite blocks and the pumping of water to store potential energy for later power generation.
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
July 11, 2024
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The companies will continue to develop systems that use the lifting of large composite blocks and the pumping of water to store potential energy for later power generation.


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Legislation

New York Legislature Passes Climate Change Superfund Act

Bill awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul signature requires oil and gas companies to pay for project costs associated with climate change and climate resilience
Johanna Knapschaefer
Johanna Knapschaefer
June 10, 2024
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Bill awaiting state Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature requires oil and gas companies to pay for project costs associated with climate change and climate resilience. 


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Renewable Energy

Massachusetts Utility Launches Geothermal Network Claimed to Set a US First

Pioneering utility-led thermal energy pilot links residential and commercial buildings in Framingham to provide heating and cooling
Justin Rice
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Johanna Knapschaefer
Johanna Knapschaefer
June 5, 2024
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Eversource utility-scale thermal energy pilot links residential and commercial buildings in Framingham to provide heating and cooling


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Sustainability

PAE Living Building Team Shares Lessons Learned

Portland, Ore., office building stands as global model for commercial Living Buildings
Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
May 29, 2024
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The PAE Living Building is the 35th building in the world to earn full certification from the International Living Future Institute's rigorous sustainability program.



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Legislation

Groups Oppose Bill Set to Favor Mass Timber for Federal Buildings

Alisa Zevin
Alisa Zevin
May 21, 2024
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Steel, concrete interests claim proposed legislation disrupts the competitive process and could strain industry supply chain.


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Largest Commercial Living Building Achieves Full ‘Living’ Status

PAE Living Building joins 34 others certified
Nadine Post
Nadine M. Post
May 9, 2024
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The 58,000-sq-ft PAE Living Building in Portland, Ore., is the first privately developed speculative office building fully certified under the rigorous Living Building Challenge of the International Living Future Institute, and one of only 35 fully certified Living Buildings in the world.


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Viewpoint

Got AI? You'll Need It as Climate Change Worsens Flood Risk

Jeff Albee
May 8, 2024
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With AI-driven modeling, flood projections and scenario plans can be set up quickly, allowing far more sensitivity and insight than a static projection can generate from historical data.


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Vicinity Energy's electric boiler at its Kendall Facility in Cambridge, Mass.

Cambridge, Mass., Cogeneration Plant Upgraded With 42-MW Electric Boiler

Vicinity Energy also plans to install a 35 MW industrial-scale heat pump complex
Marigo Farr
April 24, 2024
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Vicinity Energy installed an electric boiler in Cambridge, Mass.


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Decarbonization

AGC Releases Guide to Help Contractors Track, Reduce Carbon Emissions

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James Leggate
April 22, 2024
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The guide is intended to help contractors navigate the landscape of greater accountability regarding embodied carbon in construction.


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