Clean Building Compass

A step-by-step guide to help state lawmakers and advocates craft equitable, affordable thermal energy network (TEN) legislation

Presents a labor-centered vision to steer the long-term direction of state climate policies in a way that prioritizes union jobs creation, expands economic opportunities to Colorado’s marginalized communities, and invests in a just transition that benefits all Coloradans while maximizing emissions reductions

Details a collective expression of stakeholder policy recommendations to accelerate the elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s residential and small commercial buildings by 2050

Details the benefits of transition with geothermal due to high efficiency grid savings, GHG emission reductions, long lifespan, and labor benefits

This map locates neighborhood-scale building decarbonization projects, ranging from fully decarbonized neighborhoods to early plans

Explores the evolution of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems and thermal energy networks (TENs), highlighting their distinct origins, design principles, and goals

Primes advocates for robust labor standards, union engagement, and workforce training to integrate fossil fuel workers into TENs pilot programs

Tracks legislation for utility thermal energy networks & pilots

Demonstrates how escalating delivery costs, clean energy policies, and competition from clean energy alternatives represent major business threats to the long-term viability of Peoples Gas and the customers who depend on affordable energy to heat their homes

Explores how the Home Energy Score Disclosure can address the split incentive in Oregon and provides actions local governments can take to support rental housing stock and its residents

Digs into the rollout of the Northeast Geothermal Drilling Centers of Excellence (Geo-CoEs) to relieve the shortage of geothermal drillers and drill rigs

Provides an overview of geothermal energy and its benefits and where thermal energy projects are in Connecticut