The debate over the benefit of green jobs continues in the halls of Congress. Are they good for the economy? Are they useful? Does it even matter since global warming is like, totally not happening?

U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) DOE added that the definition established in 2024 was not a regulatory ...

ATLANTA — ASHRAE is applauding the recent release from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the first part of a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero-emissions building. The “National ...

U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, the Forrestal Building, in Washington, D.C. (Payton Chung/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) The new definition was shepherded by DOE secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and ...

PORTLAND, Ore., June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The White House and the U.S. Department of Energy today announced the release of phase one of a National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building for ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector. The definition is ...

The U.S. Energy Dept. has withdrawn its federal definition of zero-emissions buildings and ended related technical assistance that many states and owners used as a benchmark. December 5, 2025 The U.S.

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Throughout human history, “good buildings” have been defined by measurable benchmarks tied to creating wealth. Millions of years ago, shelters were seen as tools that enabled vulnerable humans to ...

Building permits are approvals for construction of new and existing privately owned homes. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) release a monthly ...