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Energy Evolution

By Harvey Bryan Ph.D., FAI
The building sector has been tasked with achieving carbon neutral buildings—a tremendous challenge made more difficult by the fact that no proven tools currently exist to track the progress of carbon reduction. To resolve this dilemma, the Green Building Initiative (GBI) is working to revise its Green Globes environmental assessment and rating system so the energy section uses CO2 as the basis for its calculations instead of the current kBtu/sf/yr of energy consumed.
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