This article looks at an easy certification for new buildings.

This article looks at some big changes in IECC 2021 that can have major cost implications for projects.

This article explains how designers of public buildings can claim the 179D tax deduction for a big monetary gains!

This article includes some key takeaways from a USBBC meeting on January 10, 2024 where updates were announced for LEEDv4 Minimum Energy Performance prerequisite (EAp2) and the Optimize Energy Performance credit (EAc2).

This article specifically focuses on how solar energy is transforming the direction of the energy market and what changes to expect.

This article evaluates the energy cost and code compliance viability of added glazing on a building in Missoula, Montana.

This article evaluates the energy cost and code compliance viability of added glazing on a building in Phoenix, Arizona.

This article includes some key takeaways from a Q & A session with USGBC panel members on LEED 4.1 Energy & Atmosphere categories. You’ll find helpful tips for your current and future LEED projects.

With construction costs rising, staying on budget is harder than ever. This report shows how you can reduce construction costs on a new warehouse building through an alternative path of energy code compliance.

With construction costs rising, staying on budget is harder than ever. This report shows how you can reduce construction costs on a new multifamily development through an alternative path of energy code compliance.

Should the new warehouse use air conditioning or direct evaporative cooling? It is a common enough question for designers and owners of new warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing buildings located in hot, dry climates. Our team at G2 ran a parametric study using eQUEST to help answer the question.

If you’re considering upgrading the insulation or glazing in your new building, how do you what the relative value of doing so will be? This easy to use Excel tool will help you make better decisions about insulation and glazing upgrades for new buildings in the Phoenix, Arizona area. It will give you an accurate expectation of the potential utility incentives from both APS and SRP.

The following list of questions is intended as a checklist for LEED and Green Globes teams; it is meant to help ensure the value of the energy model is maximized. With a maximized value, the otherwise challenging job of certification becomes a little easier, the cost to owners is reduced (hopefully incentivizing them to certify their next project), and, just maybe, it gets the project closer to the next level of certification and possibly drive additional sustainability investments.

If you are in the field of designing new buildings, you have probably been on a project that used an energy model. Perhaps it was a LEED certified project or one that needed the performance path method of complying with energy code. This article was written to illustrate other applications of energy modeling, specifically ways that would save money and hopefully, give more value to the design team employing the energy model.