ATLANTA – While the importance of building energy performance metrics to reduce energy use is accepted worldwide, there is no single generally accepted definition of that metric. Currently, proposed ...

U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) The new definition was shepherded by DOE secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and ...

The Energy Department released its findings in the recently published A Common Definition for Zero Energy Buildings. The U.S. Department of Energy has released a common definition for a zero energy ...

The U.S. Dept. of Energy has issued its first definition of what it means to be a zero-energy building, and buildings-related organizations say that it should provide consistency and clarity for the ...

MT. LAUREL, NJ / ACCESS Newswire / May 21, 2025 / Define Solar has grown from a regional solar installer to a cornerstone of sustainable energy transformation in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in just ...

President Obama wants 80 percent of the nation's electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2035. Achieving this, he says, will take a mix of solar, wind, nuclear, and even fossil fuels like ...

A “green” data center is one in which the lighting/cooling, mechanical, electrical and computer systems are designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact. A green data center ...

The EU is set to draft a definition of energy poverty in a bid to put consumers on the bloc's energy policy agenda. During an informal meeting of EU energy ministers, the European Commission agreed to ...

Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research. The Heritage Foundation has ...