Building Decarbonization News Today

Geothermal systems can lower heating and cooling bills by 20% and slash carbon emissions by 60%.

Customers of Illinois’ four largest gas utilities including Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois are in for a hike of at least $74 a month by 2035, according to a study released Monday by the electrificati...

"To see a budget come out that fails to address any of the urgent policies related to climate is an abdication of responsibility from the governor and from lawmakers," one advocate told City Limits.

"My house gets flooded every single year,” 16-year old Diana Ramirez told City Limits, one of many New York City youth who took to the streets in the lead up to Earth Day to demand people in power stop funding fossil fuels.

A coalition of environmental justice and equity groups, environmental organizations, energy providers, and equipment manufacturers submitted a letter yesterday urging Governor Newsom and California policymakers to uphold $922 million for the California Energy Commission's Equitable Building Decarbonization (EBD) Program and bolster the program with $400 million in a climate bond that will appear before voters in November. The EBD Program would help expand access to cooling, improve air qual...

/PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of environmental justice and equity groups, environmental organizations, energy providers, and equipment manufacturers submitted a...

The Berkeley city government agreed to repeal its ban on natural gas piping in new buildings.

The states have pledged to increase their targets of heat pump installations to meet at least 65% of residential-scale heating, air conditioning and water heating shipments by 2030 and 90% by 2040.

Nine states have set a shared goal to have heat pumps make up at least 65% of the shipments of residential heating, air-conditioning, and water-heating products by 2030.

States from coast to coast have signed a joint agreement to accelerate the transition to pollution-free residential buildings by significantly expanding heat pump sales to meet heating, cooling, and water heating demand in coming years.