Energy Efficiency

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.

Interviews from the Field: the District’s Building Energy Performance Standards

To learn more about the Building Energy Performance Standards law in practice, the Hub team interviewed a handful of building owners and managers representing buildings subject to BEPS.

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Ameresco: Providing Energy-Efficient Solutions to Public and Private Sector

The Hub interviews Ameresco about high-performance building trends

BEPS Standards and Compliance Rules Finalized

A detailed summary of the final BEPS compliance regulations, the Standards per property type, and updates to the Benchmarking requirements.

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Building Innovation Hub Announces Highest Performing Buildings in DC

The Building Innovation Hub Announces DC's greenest buildings, as measured by ENERGY STAR scores in 2020

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Improving Building Performance from the Inside Out

Cassandra Mellon of ROCKWOOL talks about the future sustainable building performance and embodied carbon in Washington DC and beyond

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5 Lessons from the 2021 Green Lease Leaders

IMT's Audi Banny summarizes the green leasing and real estate sustainability trends embodied in this year's Green Lease Leaders

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Engineering Better Buildings

GHT Limited discusses the importance of improving building performance

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Event Takeaways: Funding Clean Energy DC- Innovative Financing Solutions for Building Retrofits

Key lessons learned from a DC-based discussion on clean energy financing for building efficiency improvements

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