Carbon-free buildings

Fossil fuels

Just how bad are gas appliances for your health?

It’s not all about the climate. There are loads of reasons to ditch gas stoves and appliances — and health concerns may be at the top of the list.

By Alison F. Takemura . 26 June 2024

(Rob Jackson, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; Binh Nguyen/Canary Media)

Batteries

Could installing batteries under solar panels kick-start the commercial building market?

Yotta Energy thinks batteries could become as common as microinverters on commercial solar rooftops, and has built in thermal safety features to win over skeptics.

By Jeff St. John . 22 June 2021
Grid edge

OhmConnect bets $100M that free smart thermostats can prevent summer blackouts in California

Can a million grid-responsive households beat power plants and battery farms to balance a clean-powered grid?

By Jeff St. John . 15 June 2021
Climate crisis

Inside the industry-enviro partnership that scored a big climate win on HFCs

The US is now poised to curb use of super-climate-warming refrigerants, one of this century's most significant climate mitigation efforts.

By Jay Stein . 14 June 2021
Opinion

Building retrofits can duplicate the success of wind and solar power

Smart government policies have spurred rapid acceleration in renewable energy. They can do the same for building efficiency upgrades.

By Richard Roberts . 9 June 2021
Solar

GAF Energy invests in integrated solar rooftops, adds US manufacturing jobs

It's all about "American jobs and California jobs, getting the facility in place, hiring locally and promoting U.S. solar."

By Eric Wesoff . 11 May 2021
Electrification

California's proposed building code boosts all-electric, but it doesn’t stop natural gas

Heat pumps will be the baseline tech, but natural gas can still be in new buildings through mid-decade at least. Will city and county bans push past state codes?

By Jeff St. John . 7 May 2021
Policy & regulation

Green 'liberty' bonds: The American way to win the war on climate change?

Taking a lesson from the World War II financing playbook to combat the climate crisis.

By Jean Haggerty . 26 April 2021
Policy & regulation

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce Green New Deal for affordable housing

The legislation aims to zero out carbon in affordable housing and reduce the energy burden for low-income households.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 19 April 2021
Energy storage

Newsletter: Long-duration storage, net metering 3.0 and building decarbonization

All today's articles from the Canary Media team.

By Nicholas Rinaldi . 12 April 2021
Carbon-free buildings

Pandemic raises the profile of decarbonization — and clean air — tech for buildings

As office buildings start to reopen around the world, they must balance increased energy efficiency with indoor air quality.

By Ingrid Lobet . 12 April 2021

Carbon-free buildings

Just how bad are gas appliances for your health?

Could installing batteries under solar panels kick-start the commercial building market?

OhmConnect bets $100M that free smart thermostats can prevent summer blackouts in California

Inside the industry-enviro partnership that scored a big climate win on HFCs

Building retrofits can duplicate the success of wind and solar power

GAF Energy invests in integrated solar rooftops, adds US manufacturing jobs

California's proposed building code boosts all-electric, but it doesn’t stop natural gas

Green 'liberty' bonds: The American way to win the war on climate change?

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce Green New Deal for affordable housing

Newsletter: Long-duration storage, net metering 3.0 and building decarbonization

Pandemic raises the profile of decarbonization — and clean air — tech for buildings