What’s next for Fannie Mae’s 12-year $120 billion quest for green housing

It's the largest issuer of green bonds, but only a small portion of the homes it finances meet environmental standards. Read More

Sustainable building groups combine to accelerate change

The green building movement has evolved from local, LEED-centric, grassroots efforts to more regional, broader coalitions of professionals. Read More

The commercial building industry faces a milestone year in 2024

The industry needs to decarbonize much faster in 2024 to achieve global greenhouse gas reduction targets. Read More

How Adobe built an all-electric office tower

Adobe’s new 18-story building is Silicon Valley’s first of its kind, and places a big bet on the future of corporate spaces in the era of climate change. Read More

Here’s how to scale energy-saving commercial building retrofits

Plus, eight ways to make sure that retrofit programs are as comprehensive as possible for customers. Read More

Massachusetts apartment retrofit offers model for multifamily energy savings

The owners spent two years tightening building envelopes, replacing heating and cooling systems, and installing rooftop solar panels. Now, they hope to replicate the success elsewhere. Read More

California just took a huge step towards building electrification

The new code passed by the California Energy Commission will include electric heat pumps as a baseline technology for new construction starting in 2023, taking a towards removing natural gas from buildings and requiring all new builds to be electric-ready. Read More

The challenges of building electrification — or, the parable of flameless wok hei

The tension between gas-fired woks’ unique capabilities and their outsize climate footprint is evocative of the wider challenges to decarbonize commercial buildings. Read More

Electrification gets down to the wire

The electrification of everything is a shockingly complex task. Read More

Massachusetts stretches green building codes to new heights

Massachusetts' new climate bill gives power back to local governments to electrify their buildings. Read More