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comment Department of Energy Focuses on Net-Zero Commercial Buildings
In response to provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched its Zero Net Energy Commercial Building Initiative in August 2008.
To support that initiative, which aims to develop marketable net-zero energy commercial buildings by 2025, DOE also announced a cooperative effort among its five national laboratories through the National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies.
Announcing the moves, DOE’s David Rodgers said, “We are bringing to bear the unprecedented collaboration in scientific resources of five national laboratories to bring about the needed transformation of the built environment, lower our carbon footprint in buildings, and accelerate commercial deployment of clean, efficient building technologies.”
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