Green Buildings: A ‘Net-Zero’ Energy Research Agenda
In a major statement on “green” building technology, a new report from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) sets out a broad agenda for research and development on technologies to decrease use of natural resources and improve indoor environments while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful pollutants from the building sector.
The report Federal R&D Agenda for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings was produced by the NSTC’s Buildings Technology Research and Development Subcommittee under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President. It draws on the recommendations of 16 executive branch agencies along with the Architect of the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) played a key role in developing the report’s goals for measurement science methods, energy efficiency technologies, indoor environment quality and knowledge transfer.
The major goals outlined in the NSTC report include developing technologies, tools and practices that could significantly reduce the use of energy, water and other natural resources, promoting environmentally friendly products and practices, and reducing building material waste while meeting building performance design standards. The agenda calls for supporting these goals through the full spectrum of R&D activities, including use-inspired basic research, applied research, measurement science, development, demonstration and implementation. The report also addresses barriers to widespread acceptance and surveys policy options to change current buildings sector practices.
The report responds to provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to enhance federal R&D that could enable more efficient and higher performance residential and commercial buildings.
For more details, read “Government Issues R&D Agenda for ”Net-Zero“ Energy Green Buildings.” The report may be found at: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/buildingtechnology/documents/
FederalRDAgendaforNetZeroEnergyHighPerformanceGreenBuildings.pdf
Media Contact
More Information:
http://www.nist.govAll latest news from the category: Architecture and Construction
Newest articles
Superradiant atoms could push the boundaries of how precisely time can be measured
Superradiant atoms can help us measure time more precisely than ever. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen present a new method for measuring the time interval,…
Ion thermoelectric conversion devices for near room temperature
The electrode sheet of the thermoelectric device consists of ionic hydrogel, which is sandwiched between the electrodes to form, and the Prussian blue on the electrode undergoes a redox reaction…
Zap Energy achieves 37-million-degree temperatures in a compact device
New publication reports record electron temperatures for a small-scale, sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion device. In the nine decades since humans first produced fusion reactions, only a few fusion technologies have demonstrated…