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Green Codes Update: There’s Money on the Table for Energy-Efficient Glazing
Codes are becoming increasingly stringent, but they’re only on paper and don’t do anything until used. That could soon change, thanks to the help of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Industry codes consultant Tom Culp discussed those developments during the … Continue reading
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Tagged BEC Conference, Building Envelope Contractors, Construction, Department of Energy, embodied carbon, Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction, Environmental Product Declarations, General Services Administration, glazing, Inflation Reduction Act, International Green Code, Tom Culp, Urmilla Sowell
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White House Seeks to Cut Federal Building Emissions 30% by 2030
If the White House gets its way, dynamic glass will play a major role in federal buildings of the future. According to the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC), buildings consume 70% of the electricity load in the country and half … Continue reading
Department of Energy Provides Update to New Research and Development Opportunity Report
During the 2022 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Hybrid Fall Conference in Chicago this past week, Marc LaFrance, Windows Technology manager, Department of Energy (DOE), provided updates to the DOE’s new research and development opportunity report. The report, “Pathway … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Energy, dynamic windows, fenestration, FGIA, glazing, windows
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Industry Can Expect Increased Focus on Building, Energy Codes
The fenestration and glazing industries should prepare for an increased focus on U.S. code updates, says Kathy Krafka Harkema, Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance technical operations director. She told participants at the FGIA 2022 Virtual Summer Conference last week that … Continue reading
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Tagged $225 million, 100% clean electrical grid, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, building codes, Department of Energy, energy codes, energy goals, federal government, Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA), fenestration and glazing industries, FGIA 2022 Virtual Summer Conference, Group B cycle, ICC Committee Action Hearing, increased focus, International Code Council, International Energy Conservation Code, Kathy Krafka-Harkema, net-zero carbon emissions, U.S. code updates
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