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Energy Star Program
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Green Building Law Update
Energy Star: A Quiet Exit and a Bright Future Beyond Government
The FY 2026 President’s Budget delivers a clear message, Energy Star, as a federal program, is on its way out. Zero dollars are appropriated for the once innovative joint EPA…
Green Building Law Update
Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously
Building owners that utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will see a dramatic change in the 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR scores after August 26, 2018. Every score model we reviewed…
Green Building Law Update
The Opportunity for ENERGY STAR
While much of the media hyperbole has focused on the Trump Administration’s 2018 Budget request of $5.7 Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a reduction of $2.6 billion, or 31%,…
Green Building Law Update
The Single Most Significant Change in LEED
There is a single change to LEED in v4 that is the most significant, bar none. The change is buried deep within the LEED Operations and Maintenance Existing Buildings program…
New Jersey Law Blog
BPU’s Office of Clean Energy Temporarily Suspends Acceptance of Applications for Home Performance with EnergyStar Program
The Office of Clean Energy Program, which offers homeowners (including all electric utility customers and users of oil or propane heating systems) whole-building home energy assessments and financing for recommended…
DuetsBlog
A Dimming Energy Star
—by Jason Voiovich, Principal and Co-Founder of Ecra Creative Group I know I looked for it. A little over a year ago, I spent my normal morning shower in about 45…
Green Building Law Update
Is the Energy Star Program Doomed?
I have previously written about informal complaints regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Star Program for appliances. Based on recent findings of a Government…
Green Building Law Update
ENERGY STAR Leaders Program Proves Successful
What would you tell the federal government about green building law if you had the opportunity? This past weekend, I contemplated this question as I prepared for a presentation that…
Green Building Law Update
Anyone Using Energy Star Benchmarking?
To finish off the week at Green Building Law Update, we are going to attempt to answer another reader question with the help of all the readers out there. In a…