White House to Electrify Federal Buildings Amid Anti-Gas Drive

White House to Electrify Federal Buildings Amid Anti-Gas Drive
President Joe Biden in Bay City, Mich., on Nov. 29, 2022. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Greg Isaacson
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The White House has unveiled an ambitious plan to curb fossil fuel use at federal buildings in a bid to fight climate change, drawing criticism from the natural gas industry amid a growing nationwide campaign to switch buildings to all-electric power.

The plan, announced Dec. 7, involves the first-ever federal building performance standard, which sets the goal of cutting energy use and switching to electric appliances and equipment in 30 percent of the buildings owned by the federal government by 2030.
Greg Isaacson
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Greg Isaacson spent 7 years in China and Thailand researching and reporting on business and real estate in Asia, with a focus on commercial real estate in Chinese-speaking markets as well as outbound investment from China. He has also worked as a real estate research analyst in Chicago and a real estate reporter in New York.
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