Reaching Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings Buildings account for 16% of Maryland's greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions. To address this, Maryland's Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 requires covered buildings to reduce these GhG emissions over time with the...

So, you may have heard about OpenAI's ChatGPT program. I was interested, so I gave it a go with the prompt: "Write a 500-word essay on the benefits of energy efficiency for condominiums with central HVAC plants." The result? As Larry David would say, "pretty, pretty,...

  It’s Friday evening at 10 pm and your phone rings. It’s the emergency answering service with a report of an active leak damaging multiple units. Facing the prospect of a long and difficult night ahead, you think to yourself, “there’s got to be a better way.”...

  Boiler rooms are "oubliettes," which is a French word for "places of forgetting," as Malagant describes to Guinevere in the 1995 Connery-Gere classic, "First Knight." And if you think that reference is dated, check out these pics to prove that some boiler rooms...

According to the U.S Department of Energy, “Thirty-five percent of all households now rent, and more than 60% of all rental housing, totaling 30 million households, is in the multifamily sector.” (1)   Many of the more affordable multifamily properties were built...

Change is Coming for Common Ownership Communities Washington DC and its surrounding counties have ambitious energy management plans to “decarbonize” and dramatically reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are actively working to meet these goals...