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DOE pauses energy standards for federal buildings

By District Energy posted 05-08-2025 11:10

  

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Federal agencies constructing new buildings or renovating old ones won’t have to meet energy performance standards required in regulations the U.S. Department of Energy finalized last year, the agency said in a stay published in the Federal Register on May 5.

The one-year stay is intended to give the agency time to see whether the standards align with an executive order President Trump issued on his first day in office that puts the brakes on renewable resources and sustainability as energy goals. 

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