The week in buildings, industry and land decarbonization features a report on the Department of Energy’s efforts to update its process for setting efficiency standards. The program reviews efficiency standards every six years. When President Biden took office, some 50 standards were due for updates and now the agency has worked through all but 12 of them. Advocates want DOE to move quickly to finalize its work.
We also have a report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, which argues that the country’s old housing stock needs energy efficient retrofits to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. While two-thirds of homeowners are willing to invest up to $1,000 to improve energy efficiency by 20%, retrofits are generally more expensive.
Canary Media has a story on how the steel industry is planning to use green hydrogen to make its product without belching carbon into the atmosphere. The industry, which produces 9% of global climate emissions every year, already uses hydrogen in its blast furnaces, but the fuel needs to be produced cleanly to avoid emissions in the production process.
Read all that and more in this week’s Intelligence Report:
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California
A look into efforts to ban gas now that Berkeley, Calif. has abandoned its first-in-nation policy The Guardian
U.S.
A new commercial heat pump accelerator program aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs compared with natural gas-fueled heat pumps, the U.S. Department of Energy says. Facilities Dive
Energy Efficiency
Delaware
Delaware implementing its first efficiency program for natural gas, passes new building codes aimed at efficiency Delaware First Media
New Jersey
Details on PSEG's latest energy efficiency programs, which will save hundreds of millions per year ROI-NJ.com
U.S.
No-interest loans with no money upfront "significantly increased" homeowners' willingness to invest in comprehensive upgrades, according to a new report on home energy efficiency. Utility Dive
U.S.
Although DOE has reduced its backlog of appliance efficiency standards, advocates and lawmakers say the administration must redouble those efforts as the election looms. Utility Dive
U.S.
RMI launches calculator that can help figure out whether investments in efficiency, rooftop solar make sense, how fast they will pay off Rocky Mountain Institute
U.S.
Groups urge Biden to complete efficiency standards, with 12 more pending, and argue that transformer rule relaxation ate up "wiggle room" if overall goal is to be met PIRG
U.S.
White House blog post lays out progress towards net zero, highlights efficiency and rapid growth in efficiency The White House
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Pennsylvania
Green hydrogen will likely play a key role in decarbonizing steel. Experts discussed the complex transition in Pennsylvania, the birthplace of U.S. steelmaking. Canary Media
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