New DOE Building Programs Push toward a Zero-Carbon Future

A zero-carbon building sector by 2050. We know we need to hit that target, but getting it done will require new insights, new products, new policies, and new funding.

“Many organizations that work with us have set corporate-wide greenhouse gas, renewable, or carbon goals,” said Maria Vargas, senior program advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and director of the Better Buildings Initiative. “But when you ask them how they’re going to do it, they’ll say they don’t know yet.” DOE is stepping in to support organizations like these with five new programs.