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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.
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.
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
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
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
Engineering Better Buildings
GHT Limited discusses the importance of improving building performance
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
