The Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium (CBC) has issued two new reports on how industry stakeholders can achieve net-zero-energy commercial buildings over the next two to three decades.
The reports, ‘Next Generation Technologies: Barriers and Industry Recommendations for Commercial Buildings’ and ‘Analysis of Cost & Non-Cost Barriers and Policy Solutions for Commercial Buildings,’ focus on innovative technologies and practices and market-oriented strategies, respectively. The reports include ideas for creating and sustaining market demand for energy efficiency retrofits and encouraging new construction through different approaches to financing and valuation of energy-efficiency improvements.
Both reports were commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy and are available free online.
‘While many details remain to be settled, this is a very exciting development for the commercial buildings sector, and the CBC fully supports these goals and looks forward to working with CBC members and industry stakeholders to contribute to these efforts,’ says David Terry, executive director of the National Association of State Energy Officials, one of the consortium leaders.
SOURCE: Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium
