buildings
Will Kansas City stick to climate pledge or bow to pressure from homebuilders?
The City Council faces a decision on an energy-saving building code update that some homebuilders oppose.
Minnesota
Proposal would heat, cool Minneapolis food hall, apartments with groundwater
A developer is pursuing city financing to build an aquifer thermal energy system as an alternative to natural gas.
efficiency
Maine environmental center seeks to model the future with new campus
The Ecology School’s new campus in Saco, Maine, is expected to produce more energy than it uses each year.
News
Pipelines, politics, and wood pellets: a look at our most-read stories of 2019
We published hundreds of stories this year on the nation’s clean energy transition. Thanks for reading!
efficiency
These tiny model homes are teaching big concepts in building weatherization
The dollhouse-size models come with miniature props that show how poorly executed weatherization can backfire.