DOE, CEQ Float First-Time Moves To Spur Federal Building Electrification

The Biden administration is announcing two standards that would sharply decrease greenhouse gas emissions from major appliances used at federal buildings, policies that could help the administration achieve its net-zero federal buildings goal while also likely spurring opposition from the natural gas industry. One of the policies is a first-time Federal Building Performance Standard , which the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is issuing to address the existing federal building stock. It aims to cut energy use and...