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Tag: EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.

Mary calls for use of whole building data

What will whole building data reveal?

“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get for the work you didn’t do.” --Unknown On January 25, 2024, HUD, the DOE and EPA...
composting food waste and recycling reduce emissions and save energy

Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Dumpsters!

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently hosted a webcast on managing Scope 3 emissions in commercial real estate. The primary discussion was around trash...
inspect ducts to reduce energy loss

In 2024, resolve to reduce energy loss

We all start the year with resolutions or goals. Some of these goals may be carried over from the prior year. Some are new....
WOTUS wetlands

EPA announces new WOTUS rule

On August 29 EPA issued a revised final rule updating their definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The revision was made in...

Infographic: Untethered assumptions

The Power Plant Rule published by EPA in May targets U.S. power produced using coal and natural gas. These sources currently constitute 60 percent...

Incandescent bulbs banned (again)

The Biden Administration has implemented a ban on incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient bulbs, following a years-long bipartisan effort to phase out...

Infographic: The path less sustainable

In May Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan released a 681-page Emissions Program for comment. If implemented, the plan will significantly increase...

Summer of blackouts

Two-thirds of North America could face power shortages this summer during periods of extreme electricity demand and spiking temperatures, the nation’s grid reliability monitor...

Fannie Mae partners with multifamily industry to launch 2023 Multifamily Energy and Water Survey

Fannie Mae announced that it has launched the 2023 Multifamily Energy and Water Survey, a national effort to collect and analyze whole property energy...

Housing groups file legal challenge to new WOTUS rule

NMHC joined 16 other housing groups, infrastructure and agricultural organizations, among others, in filing suit yesterday to challenge the recently released Waters of the U.S....

New EPA rules will discourage critically needed housing production

The National Apartment Association and the National Multifamily Housing Council express their disappointment in a regulation the EPA issued re-defining and expanding what “waters of...
supreme court rules in West Virginia v. EPA

The future of bureaucratic rule: West Virginia v. EPA

Who should make policy? The U.S. Supreme Court just answered that question in a decision with far reaching implications for the apartment industry. The...

EPA signals retreat from controversial ‘secret science’ rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is dropping plans to issue a final version this year of its divisive plan to limit the agency’s...

Statement from NAHB Chairman Randy Noel on EPA sending revised WOTUS rule to OMB

Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., issued the following statement after the Environmental...

EPA: Incentivizing desired behavior

The EPA is now giving companies—such as power plant operators—the opportunity to escape tighter regulation under the Clean Air Act by taking steps to...

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