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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.
A Blueprint for HOA Electrification
This case study from TECH Clean California lays out how the Heather Village homeowner's association leveraged grants and utility financing to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps to heat its residents' water.
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.
Using Necessary Upgrades to Electrify a Senior Property
This case study illustrates how BRIDGE Housing and its partner Carbon Zero Buildings completed cost-effective in-unit and common space electrification upgrades and demonstrates how changes to utility allowances resulted in financial savings for both BRIDGE Housing and residents.
Rudin rethinks energy with NYSERDA
Learn about the energy efficient upgrades that Rudin Management implemented for its new office space.
Home is Where the Pipeline Ends: Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds Present in Natural Gas at the Point of the Residential End User
Researchers studied the harmful chemicals and pollutants found in natural gas in residential locations across the Greater Boston Metropolitan area, Massachusetts.
Building Seattle Better – How Seattle’s municipal buildings support a carbon-neutral future
An overview of how Seattle’s municipal buildings can support a carbon-neutral future.
Moving Toward Carbon Neutrality: Banning Natural Gas Connections
This case study answers the following question: Can Michigan communities ban natural gas connections in new or existing buildings.
Pacific Northwest Pathways to 2050: Achieving an 80% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gases by 2050
This study evaluates potential costs and savings and technology implications of different strategies to achieve 80% emissions reductions by 2050 in Oregon and Washington.