BECP News Archive

News items week of November 26, 2008

New Report Quantifies the Actual Impacts of Green Buildings

California Businesses Join Forces to Support Climate Laws

DOE Reaches 50% Milestone toward Commercial Zero-Energy Buildings

ASHRAE Opens Green Building Standard Committee to New Membership

News items week of November 21, 2008

ICC Final Action Hearings Results and Implications

News items week of November 17, 2008

Court Ruling Puts 2003 Michigan Uniform Energy Code Back in Business

ICC Offers New Resources

California Mandated to Report Energy Use

Attend Courses on Energy, IAQ at ASHRAE Winter '09 Conference

New Act Requires D.C. Building Owners to Report Energy Use

News items week of October 21, 2008

ASHRAE Names 14 New Distinguished Lecturers

South Carolina Governor Accepts Climate Change Recommendations

ASHRAE Builds Sustainable Headquarters with Help from Industry Partners

Google, U.S. Chamber Unveil Aggressive Energy Plans

ACEEE Rates States on Energy Efficiency

News items October 2008

DOE Awards $2.6 Million in Grants to States for Advanced Building Energy Codes

Centex Corporation Energy Efficiency Suite Announced

Energy Efficiency Standards for Manufactured Housing

REScheck and COMcheck 201 Self-Paced Training Pilot Studies Now Available

DOE Public Comments - 2007/2008 ICC

ICC 2008 Report of Public Hearing

News items September 2008

BIM Applications Workshop, September 15, 2008: ICC's 2008 Annual Conference and Final Action Hearings (PDF 929 KB)

Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Announcement: State Energy Program Competitive Activities

Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDG) Downloads Now Available

News items 2007

Gulf Coast Energy Savings Impacts Reports

Federal Register Announcement: New Interim Standards for Federal Buildings published (PDF 111 KB).
Requires designs 30 percent below Standard 90.1 or the IECC, if life-cycle cost-effective.

Greensburg having trouble filling inspection jobs

Potential Code Change Proposals: Section 506 Total Building Performance

ICC 2007/2008 Code Change Deadline

New DOE Code Change Proposals for the IECC and IRC

DOE Statement: State Energy Code Criteria for Residential AC and HP