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DecarbNation: Building Decarbonization Legislative Roundup 2023
BDC's blog for tracking and analyzing what’s happening in the national building decarbonization movement
* Issue 5: Building Decarbonization Legislative Roundup, 2023 released on 9/20/2023
Building Codes, Efficiency and Building Performance, Electrification
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Demand-Side Solutions in the US Building Sector
One Earth
Demand-side solutions in the US building sector could achieve deep emissions reductions and avoid over $100 billion in power sector costs
Efficiency and Building Performance, Electrification
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State-Level Building Electrification Factsheets
RMI
Offers state-specific insights on building electrification for core issues such as health, cost-saving opportunities, modernizing the grid, and more for 15 states
Electrification, Health Effects, HVAC, New Construction
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Colorado Residential Retrofit Energy District (CoRRED) Phase I
Earle, Lieko; Maguire, Jeff; Munankarmi, Prateek; and Roberts, Dave
Models the effects of six different retrofit scenarios for existing single-family homes and finds that electrification can be achieved without negatively impacting the monthly utility bill
Electrification, Existing Buildings
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Challenges and Opportunities for Home Decarbonization
Walker, Iain S.; Casquero-Modrego, Nuria; Less, Brennan
Outlines the barriers to decarbonizing larger numbers of existing homes as soon as possible and identifies key opportunities to achieving low/no carbon emission in existing homes by 2050
Electrification, Existing Buildings
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Building Decarbonization Policy Brief
Financing a Climate-Safe Future: Low- and Moderate- Income Residential Building Decarbonization
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Enhancing Resilience in Buildings Through Energy Efficiency
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Berkeley Lab, and Department of Energy
Assesses the research efforts of three laboratories to better understand the relationship between energy efficiency and resilience and identifies areas of continued research
Adaptation and Resilience, Efficiency and Building Performance
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IRA Eligibility Enhancement
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Maps eligibility for geographically bound climate funding opportunities including ITC, PTC, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure tax credits and Justice 40 programs
Financing and Incentives
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Upgrading Manufactured Homes
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Provides context on manufactured housing opportunities for retrofits, retrofits and replacement programs, and federal funding opportunities
Affordable Housing, Financing and Incentives
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Electrification Policy Menu for Local Leaders
Rewiring America
Provides a menu of electrification policies that local governments can pursue
Building Codes, Electrification
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The Costs & Risks of Florida’s Dependence on Natural Gas
Vote Solar
Walks through Florida's dependence on natural gas and highlights how it got there and how it impacts Florida consumers
Gas Planning
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IRA Funding Opportunities for Local Governments
Rewiring America
Provides current federal funding opportunities for local governments to electrify
Electrification, Financing and Incentives
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The Clean Building Compass is made possible with a generous grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the support of our partners at the Bay Area Regional Collaborative and those on the Compass Advisory Committee.
The Clean Building Compass is made possible with a generous grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the support of our partners at the Bay Area Regional Collaborative and those on the Compass Advisory Committee.