When he’s not crawling underneath or on top of energy efficient homes, Aaron Hope is busy raising a family, writing books and serving as an active voice in North Carolina’s building performance industry through NCBPA. Aaron started with Southern Energy…
Authored by: Jonathan Gach of Green Built Alliance and Ryan Miller of NCBPA This is part one of a two-part series on how investing in building energy efficiency first would enable North Carolina to meet its clean energy, renewable energy,…
Support the Expansion of Duke Energy’s Residential New Construction Incentive Program to the Carolinas Territory! UPDATE for December 2, 2019 Progress! The North Carolina Utilities Commission has ordered a hearing for January 27, 2020 in Raleigh for Duke Energy and…
The North Carolina Building Performance Association (NCBPA) is deeply disappointed that Senate leadership decided last week to table the advancement of HB330, “Efficient Government Buildings & Savings Act,” for the 2019 legislative session. The bill had been on a clean…
Authored by: NCBPA Vice Chair Pam Fasse, President of Fasse Construction Last August I wrote an article highlighting reasons for North Carolina to invest in stronger energy codes. This was just after the new 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code…
How well is your organization complying with NC’s new commercial and residential energy codes? And, how can you most cost-effectively exceed them? During the summer of 2019, NCBPA and AIA NC partnered to deliver six energy code workshops across the…
Free technical assistance is being offered by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) that includes hands-on training and custom consulting to help medium and large energy users complete the U.S. Department of Energy’s 50001 Ready program, which enables facilities establish an energy…
Wake Tech Community College is the largest community college in North Carolina and offers a wide variety of courses, certifications and credit programs for building performance industry professionals and students across its ten locations in the metro Raleigh area. The…
By: Meghan McDermott, Co-Owner and Architectural Engineer at High Performance Building Solutions We’ve all heard the trend of school buildings moving towards more Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and development. But, have you ever thought “How are those…
By: Meghan McDermott – Co-Owner and Architectural Engineer of High Performance Building Solutions (and NCBPA Chair) and Abby Coulter – Commercial Buildings Specialist of NCBPA Click here for the original article on Building Enclosure Magazine’s website. The term commissioning, referred…