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Principal Financial Group decreased its global Scope 1 and 2 market-based GHG emissions by 14.6% in 2023.

The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative announced the 2024 Green Lease Leaders at the Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit.

To stay on track with their energy commitments, Pace University created a Coordinated Energy Management program that is focused on eliminating wasteful energy behaviors. In this column from Better Buildings, learn how the university brought on two full-time energy specialists to improve building management systems by matching HVAC equipment to occupancy, providing continuous audits of building space, enforcing a set point policy, and alerting facilities staff of equipment that may be wasting energy.

The European Council formally adopted a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings to help lower GHG emissions and energy poverty in the EU.

EQB Inc. announced the financial services company has been carbon neutral in its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2020.

Stoneridge, Inc. announced an 18.6% reduction of Absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Emissions against a 2019 baseline, exceeding initial targeted reduction by 3.6%.

Sacramento Area Sewer District signed an agreement for the construction of an advanced technology biogas cogeneration facility located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California.

Industrial compounder ESAB Corporation announced an expanded commitment to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2035 from a 2022 baseline. The company previously announced a 30% goal by 2030.

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, Debra Chanil welcomes back Becky Wacker, the Director of Energy Services Sales at Trane Commercial. In Episode 88, they dug into the challenges and opportunities that commercial building operators face today in light of their decarbonization efforts. In this new episode, Becky discusses how to seize decarbonization as an organizational opportunity and provides a framework for navigating complexity and prioritizing where to turn decarbonization into a competitive advantage.