The Building Innovation Hub provides expert insight into the latest trends in DC-area commercial real estate, focusing on emerging and growing concepts relevant to green buildings, building automation, high-performance design, smart building technology, and more.
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Retro-Commissioning Our Way to BEPS Compliance
This retro-commissioning scope-of-work companion blog is for any building looking to improve its operations or comply with building performance standards in other jurisdictions.
Event Takeaways: Emerald Cities Collaborative Contractor Incubator
Learn about the first Emerald Cities Collaborative DC Contractor Incubator Cohort Program, designed to provide support to MWDBE looking to break into the clean energy space and expand their skills in the high-performance buildings sector!
Understanding 45L and How to Earn the New Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit
This updated tax credit incentivizes contractors to build homes that consume less energy, resulting in lower energy bills for homeowners…
Leveraging HVAC Solutions for Building Performance Improvements
Learn about Parity's role in contributing to better buildings in the region.
Event Takeaways: Seeing Green: Financing Better Buildings
Local building industry professionals and financial experts convened to discuss, share, and learn about funding and financing high-performance buildings.
Event Takeaways: Understanding PACE Financing
Event takeaways from the Hub and AOBA Metro Washington's recently hosted a webinar on property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing.
How to Use the Third-Party Benchmarking Data Verification Scope of Work
A guide for confirming the accuracy of your building’s data
New Member Baumann Consulting Brings an International Perspective to Local Decarbonization
The Building Innovation Hub chatted with Oliver Baumann, President & CEO, and Scott Emery, SVP, Director of Existing Building Decarbonization…
What to Know About the Greener Government Buildings Amendment Act of 2022
A high-level overview of the GGBA and open questions still in play.
The Inflation Reduction Act and DC’s BEPS – what works, what doesn’t, and what we don’t yet know
Building owners looking to take advantage of tax incentives as they improve their properties in line with BEPS should check out the updated 179D deduction, recently expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Energy Monitoring and Code Q&A
This Q&A explains code-based metering requirements for new buildings in the District and best practices around how to apply metering to existing buildings and using data.
Green Buildings: An Innovative Path to NetZero through Safety, Diversity, and Digital Construction
Local and international experts convened to discuss challenges and solutions to equitable, safe, zero-carbon buildings.
