Biden Officials Tout New Initiatives On Building Emissions, Efficiency

The Biden administration is launching a series of initiatives at EPA and other agencies to cut carbon emissions from buildings, including an array of new or planned changes to the voluntary Energy Star Program, new efforts to push research and deployment of heat pumps, and launch of a process to develop new standards for federal facilities. The initiatives -- unveiled in tandem with a Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings Summit that included a meeting of Cabinet officials with building...