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Several major additions are appearing for the first time in a minimum-efficiency U.S. model energy standard or code.

Do we even know what ‘doing the right thing’ is anymore?

What are engineers making time to read? Here is the five-item punch list of the most popular news articles, features, and columns at ESmagazine.com.

Given the concurrent climate crisis, the optimal mitigation bundle of interventions must achieve the highest possible risk reduction with the lowest possible resultant emissions.

To meaningfully contribute to meeting the administration’s goal of achieving a 50%-52% reduction from 2005 greenhouse gas emission levels by 2030, and a net-zero emissions economy by 2050, the department of the treasury should align with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and affirm the most recent version of the standard, ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019, as the reference building standard.

The best-case scenario is not either/or, it’s actually incorporating both.

Registration for the conference provides entry to the cosponsored  AHR Expo, held Feb. 6-8 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

HVAC security and building safety considerations should begin at the start of the building program in the design-schematic phase and not be an afterthought later in this program.

New features include the ability to report against ASHRAE Laboratory Risk Level rating, expansion of reporting capability, and strengthened cybersecurity.