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Retrofit Navigators: Building Retrofit Programs that Advance Climate, Housing, and Community Goals
This report from BEI outlines the issue with traditional retrofit programs and how to design better programs, including examples from programs in Philadelphia, Madison, and New York City.
Beyond the Building: Strengthening Neighborhood Resilience Through Energy Efficiency Programs
ACEEE researchers find that energy efficiency upgrades and heat pumps installed in multiple buildings in an area provide benefits beyond each individual building by reducing local peak demand and the likelihood of outages. An analysis of commercial and residential buildings in Westchester County, New York finds that building envelope sealing and heat pumps in multiple buildings reduce summer peak demand by 8 percent and outage time by 63 percent.
Momentum Q2 | 2025
The Buildings Decarbonization Coalition details developments in the second quarter of 2025, including the latest HVAC sales figures, updates on utility rate cases, prominent state policies, and a preview of the next quarter.
Lower Bills, Cleaner Air: Heat Pump Benefits for Homes Relying on Delivered Fuels
RMI's analysis finds that households in the United States using delivered fuels for space and water heating could save an average of $970 per year by upgrading to heat pumps.
Split Systems: Coordinating Energy Policies for New and Existing Buildings
ACEEE and the National Energy Codes Collaborative examine conflicts and alignments between building codes and Building Performance Standards in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Seattle. The authors derive lessons for other cities to ensure policies to decarbonize new and existing buildings are measuring against similar performance metrics and minimizing unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles.
Thermal Energy Networks in the United States: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Needs
Transformative Strategies and Common Spark Consulting examine the policy landscape, ownership models, equity and environmental justice perspectives, and energy democracy perspectives on thermal energy networks.
Investing in Workforce Development and Training to Improve Energy Code Implementation
ACEEE and the National Energy Codes Collaborative identify barriers to implementation of building energy codes and suggest strategies for training the workforce from project initiation to closure to overcome these barriers.
Reforming Residential Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs: Best Practices and Legislative Options
This report presents best practices for program administrators, utility regulators, policymakers, and advocates to make energy efficiency programs more simple, market-friendly, durable, and equitable.
Thermal Energy Networks Legislative Guidebook
This resource from the Building Decarbonization Coalition examines enabling legislation for thermal energy networks across eight states and derives lessons for other states considering these policies.
Electricity Rates that Keep Bills Down after Electrification of Home Heating
New research from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) identifies commonsense electric utility rate reforms that will keep households from seeing increased bills when switching home heating from fossil fuel–fired systems to heat pumps in some of the coldest U.S. states.
Merciless Heat: How State and Local Lawmakers Can Protect At-Risk Households
In the midst of record-breaking winter heat waves, RMI and Healthy Air & Water Colorado (HAWC) published a new report on policy solutions to expand equitable access to affordable cooling. Although the report focuses on Colorado, many of the takeaways are relevant nationwide.
Home Energy Rebates State Progress Tracker
Through the Home Energy Rebates, you may be eligible for cash back on appliances and other home improvements that can lower your energy bills. The map below shows your state’s progress toward launching its rebates.