Golden moves on path to all-electric in new buildings
To meet its climate goals, this Colorado city of 20,000 needs to crimp methane combustion. It could require all-electric in new buildings as early as 2024
Can turning the corner on global heating really be this simple?
‘Big Fix’ authors Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis are optimists but also realistic. It won’t be easy. But they carefully describe the necessary path forward. We need to take some risk, they say, and we need to invest in the future now.
Who’s at the table for Colorado’s energy code?
Appointments to a new board that will shape building energy codes in Colorado have been announced.
From Afghanistan to decarbonized buildings
This Princeton graduate, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is now a different and even more global mission. He wants Americans to electrify their buildings. Is this a war we can win?
Colorado gleanings: building emissions
Short items from Colorado’s efforts to squeeze emissions from buildings, large and small, commercial and residential.
Colorado and beneficial electrification
Electrification of building and other sectors has barely begun. Twenty years ago the same was true of wind production. Can Colorado execute this big pivot?
Barriers to building electrification
Electrification of buildings makes sense for several reasons. What’s holding up the show? A new report lays out barriers and potential solutions in Colorado.
Menu of electrification options
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project has put together a menu of options for local jurisdictions that want to begin decarbonizing the building sector.
The next energy frontier
After successes as a wind and then solar developer Eric Blank sees electrifying buildings as the next frontier. “It’s crazy to build 40,000 houses a year” in Colorado with natural gas infrastructure, he says.
Replacing natural gas in Denver
A climate task force in Denver urges elected officials to seize the moment to accelerate the drive to remove natural gas from the built environment.
Cost and comfort emphasized instead of climate as natural gas lines stubbed
Building electrification has started to take off in Colorado. A developer of the North Vista Highlands project at Pueblo has decided against installing natural gas lines into the 4,850-unit site. In Boulder and Boulder County, electric buildings are a crucial step toward climate action goals. But the jurisdictions emphasize comfort, not climate.
