Efficient buildings are key to state’s clean-energy push

April 5, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown, center, arrives last October at Griffith Observatory with Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De León, right, and then-Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, to sign landmark legislation to increase the state's renewable electricity use to 50 percent and doubling energy efficiency in existing buildings by 2030.
Gov. Jerry Brown, center, arrives last October at Griffith Observatory with Senate President pro Tem Kevin De León, right, and then-Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, to sign landmark legislation to increase the state’s renewable electricity use to 50 percent and doubling energy efficiency in existing buildings by 2030.
Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press file

Ethan Elkind  (UCLA School of Law and UC Berkeley School of Law) writes that regulators should capitalize on proposed legislation to promote aggressive energy-efficiency projects based on emerging energy-saving technologies.

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