Especially after 2020, I believe that people are now spending 62% of their lives indoors since 2020, when it used to be 50% and in hotter places it's up to 90%.[1]

Different temperature needs for men and women large office buildings

Viral TikTok mentioned in this episode

[1] Allen, Joseph G., and John D. Macomber. Healthy buildings: How indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.

Passive House/ Phius

Energy Star

LEED

Enterprise Green Communities

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NESEA Presentation Link

NESEA Presentation PDF

Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) Boston

Electrify Cambridge

Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) Cambridge

LEAN

Four step decarbonization process

NESEA

Loads & losses slides 9, 10 & 24

ACEEE Hot water forum 2024

ACEEE Hot Water Forum 2025: March 4-6, 2025 in Portland Oregon

ASHRAE guidelines for everything

Animated explanation of total hot water system efficiency

25% of the multifamily building energy usage comes from DHW- A ‘juicy piece’ https://climate.cityofnewyork.us/reports/handbook-for-multifamily-buildings/ page 18

Cost, carbon, energy of 10 buildings slide 5

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Decarbonization

Zero over time

Energize Delaware

LEAN Multifamily

Electrify Cambridge

Climate Smart Communities

Philadelphia Housing Authority

Elevate Energy

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

Resilience

Benchmarking

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

BERDO

“The unregulated stock is about 80% of affordable housing….”

Home repair programs in Pennsylvania

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Energy Star

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Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF)

National Housing Trust (NHT)

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

“38% of energy use in 2022 was the built environment"**

Mass Save Passive House incentives

IRA Community Change Grants

Net Zero Energy

Net Zero Water

Climate Justice Communities

IRA Bootcamp

Elevate

Low Income Housing Tax Credits

Massachusetts Building Energy Code

**updated source, value change from 38% in 2022 to 36.9% for 2023

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WWOOF

HEAT Loan

‘Massachusetts was always in the number one, two, or three spot for the most energy efficient states in the country.’

Mass Clean Energy Center internships

NESEA emerging professionals track

WELL

BPI

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CDC: Community Development Corporation

Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing

WegoWise

Old Colony health case studies

Naturally-Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH)

Charrette

State of Delaware Resilience Assessment

MBE: Minority Business Enterprise

IRA/ Inflation Reduction Act

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

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Energy Star

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