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REALIZE-CA

September 23, 2021

What Is REALIZE-CA? What Is REALIZE-CA? REALIZE-CA orchestrates the rapid deployment of net-zero carbon retrofit… Why It Matters Why It Matters Buildings account for nearly 25 percent of greenhouse gas… Download The PledgeDownload The FAQs Technology Development and Deployment REALIZE-CA is demonstrating retrofit solutions on over 300,000 square feet of… Demonstration Sites REALIZE-CA is targeting low- and mid-rise multifamily buildings in California, which represent over… Partners Read More

Buildings

Blog

RMI Is All over NYC Climate Week

September 15, 2021 | Christian Roselund

When it comes to eliminating greenhouse gas pollution and moving to a sustainable energy future,… Read More

Aviation , Building Electrification , Buildings , Global South , Trucking , US Policy

Report

Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy: A GSA Building Manager...

2021 | Cara Carmichael , Rebecca Esau , Edie Taylor

Buildings drive up to 80 percent of the peak demand on energy grids in the… Read More

Buildings

Blog

Federal Efficiency Standards: A Win for Families, Health & Climat...

2021 | Mark Kresowik , Christian Roselund

Sometimes, seemingly mundane regulations can have big, far-reaching impacts. As an example of this, the… Read More

Building Electrification , Buildings

Press Release

Case Studies Show How to Significantly Reduce Carbon Emissions in the ...

2021

Case Studies Show How to Significantly Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Construction of New Buildings… Read More

Buildings

Blog

Giving America’s Infrastructure a Clean Start

2021 | Charles Cannon , Rebecca Esau , Valentina Guido

America’s infrastructure is in rough shape, scoring a C- this year and floating at a… Read More

Buildings

Report

Concrete Solutions Guide

2021 | Charles Cannon , Valentina Guido , Lachlan Wright

Concrete and cement are some of the most carbon-intensive materials in our built environment. The… Read More

Buildings

Blog

Why Heat Pumps Are the Answer to Heat Waves

2021 | Lacey Tan , Mohammad Hassan Fathollahzadeh

As a record-breaking heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest earlier this summer and again this… Read More

Building Electrification , Buildings , Residential Buildings

Report

Reducing Embodied Carbon in Buildings

2021 | Rebecca Esau , Matt Jungclaus , Victor Olgyay , Audrey Rempher

Buildings account for at least 39 percent of energy-related global carbon emissions on an annual… Read More

Buildings

Blog

Low-Cost, High-Value Opportunities to Reduce Embodied Carbon in Buildi...

2021 | Matt Jungclaus

Buildings account for at least 39 percent of energy-related global carbon emissions on an annual… Read More

Buildings