Five gas utilities filed decarbonization plans Friday in the Department of Public Utilities’ Future of Gas investigation.

The state Energy Commission adopted a key report and opened a proceeding aimed at decarbonizing the natural gas sector, including with heat pumps and hydrogen.

Many are disappointed that a proposed net-zero building code for Massachusetts does not allow municipalities to ban fossil-fuels in new construction.

New Jersey could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings – the state’s second largest source of emissions – by replacing fossil-fueled boilers with heat pumps and other electric appliances and beefing up incentives for the equipment, according to a recent report from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Heat pumps can replace furnaces or boilers, …

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A new Washington law will require all new "major" publicly owned or leased buildings to be designed with all-electric energy systems in mind.

The Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat will spend the next month identifying policies and initiatives that can help achieve building sector emissions sublimits.

The California Energy Commission adopted a goal of installing six million electric heat-pump HVAC units and water heaters in homes by 2030.

Massachusetts legislators say that allowing fossil fuel heating in new buildings under a proposed net-zero building code does not make sense.

The owners of several buildings in New York City talked about how they are installing decarbonization retrofits as part of the Empire Building Challenge.

Rules drafted by N.J. regulators to cut emissions from power generation and building heating are being criticized by the environmental and business communities.