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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Replacing natural gas (methane) with clean electricity, particularly for heating and hot water production, will slash greenhouse gas emissions from California's single-family homes by up to 90 percent within the next three decades and save consumers money in the process, according to a new analys [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
California’s ambitious climate policies are clearing the air, cleaning up the state’s electricity supply, and getting cleaner vehicles onto the roads. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
This is part of a series of blogs on NRDC’s new report, “America’s Clean Energy Frontier: The Pathway to a Safer Climate Future. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Heat pumps get a lot of attention these days as the most cost-effective and scalable heating solution for homes and other buildings. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a first for California and the nation, the Berkeley, CA, City Council passed a historic ordinance last night requiring that new buildings be built all-electric beginning Jan. 1, 2020. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
There is more to California’s Zero Net Energy state buildings policy than the state’s Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) considered in its recent report. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
California needs a “natural” (fossil) gas transition strategy to shield Californians from sharply higher heating bills, protect workers, and meet the state’s climate targets. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Once promoted as a more energy efficient option for providing hot water in homes and businesses than conventional tank-type water heaters, gas tankless water heaters may not be that much better for the climate when accounting for methane emissions—the primary component of gas and a climate-warmin [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Hopeful climate news came from Sacramento, CA today as the California Energy Commission (CEC) took a major stride toward zero-carbon emissions buildings in the 2022 update of the statewide building energy code it just adopted. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Clean space and water heating technologies such as heat pumps and solar thermal have the potential to save Californians more than $1,500 upon installation and hundreds of dollars on annual utility bills afterward. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Governor Jerry Brown today signed into law a bill that sets the stage for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from California’s residential and commercial buildings by 40 percent by 2030 below 1990 levels. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The 2018 Winter Olympics have just closed, but California’s pursuit of clean energy is continuing unabated. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The California building energy code is known for leading the country on energy efficiency and was that the first in the world to require solar panels on new single-family and low-rise residential homes. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Dozens of concerned citizens, health and environmental organizations, and building professionals told today's monthly business meeting of the California Energy Commission (CEC) that the time is now for the state of California to align its building energy policies with its housing affordabil [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
With a growing number of communities in California and nationwide passing local ordinances to transition new buildings to clean energy, the oil and gas industry is desperately seeking ways to [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
This post was written in collaboration with Anna Brockway from the Energy & Resources Group at UC Berkeley. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The nation's tenth largest city, San José is reaching for a modern, more sustainable building energy code this September with an important opportunity before its City Council members: to adopt requirements for builders that will provide residents with clean, affordable energy in new buildings and [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a groundbreaking vote, California has allocated nearly $45 million toward boosting highly efficient electric heat pump technology that can help avoid burning fossil fuels to heat our water, as well as store California’s abundant pollution-free solar energy to give us piping-hot showers when th [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Two bills that will cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution from homes and commercial buildings just moved forward in the California Legislature. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2019 Climate & Clean Energy Developments [read post]
