Tag: White Papers

  • Energy efficiency interest up 116% globally

    The 2013 Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) study, conducted by the Johnson Controls Institute for Building Efficiency, analyzes the energy efficiency technologies, practices and investments made…

  • Putting new energy use metrics to the test

    New Buildings Institute (NBI) has developed the first ever set of plug load energy use metrics, aimed at allowing commercial building owners and managers to more easily gain insight into their b…

  • ‘The Changing Face of Smart Buildings’

    Is the world getting smarter? Are our technologies and those who fund them?Here’s what we do know: Investment in so-called “smart buildings” is expected to more than triple fro…

  • Report: ‘Future Proofing Cities’

      One of the defining challenges of our time is how to reconcile the need for rapid growth and poverty alleviation in many parts of the world with the need to avoid irreversible and costly environmental damage. This is a challenge that will be played out in the world’s cities.  More than half of the…

  • Understanding Environmental Product Declarations

      This summer, Sustainable Industries launched a three-part series on Environmental Product Declarations, or EPDs – specifically looking at what’s new, what’s now, and what’s next.   The first article in the series, “ABCs of EPDs” by Climate Earth co-founder Chris Erickson, provided readers with must-know information on EPDs — what they are, how they are…