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Thermal Energy Networks: Considerations from Environmental Justice and Energy Democracy Perspectives
Common Spark Consulting and Transformative Strategies Consulting
Adds additional insight from environmental justice and energy democracy advocates regarding the potential and challenges for equitable thermal energy network implementation
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Thermal Energy Networks in the United States: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Needs
Common Spark Consulting and Transformative Strategies Consulting
Explores the potential benefits of TENs, potential challenges in installation and implementation, and recommendations for amplifying and maximizing community involvement and benefit
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Tackling the PJM Electricity Cost Crisis
Evergreen Collaborative
Focuses on PJM’s interconnection process and compares two scenarios: the status quo and a scenario where the interconnection queue is reformed, finds reduction in bills, adds additional clean energy deployment and create new jobs
Electrification, Grid Planning, Jobs/Workforce
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Legal Levers to Promote Building Electrification
Public Health Law Center
Provides an overview of building decarbonization policies available at the state and local level with an eye towards understanding federal preemption considerations under the Energy and Policy Conservation Act, post the California Restaurant Association v. Berkeley decision
Building Codes, Existing Buildings, Grid Planning, Neighborhood Scale, New Construction
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Tenants at the Center: An Equitable Path to Building Decarbonization
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Reviews the tenant-landlord legal landscape in three U.S. cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York highlighting the difficulties tenants face within those housing markets, and how decarbonization policies designed without tenant protections could make difficulties worse. At the same time, the authors recognize building decarbonization policies can benefit tenants by lowering their energy bills and creating healthier homes.
Affordable Housing, Building Codes, Equity
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Case Study: West Union, Iowa
BDC
Part of our TENs ownership models case study series.
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Case Study: Ann Arbor, Michigan
BDC
Part of our TENs ownership models case study series.
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Case Study: Edmonton, Alberta
BDC
Part of our TENs ownership models case study series.
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Momentum Q1 | 2025
BDC
A quarterly update on the building decarbonization movement
Building Codes, Electric Technologies, Future of Gas, Future of Heat, Heat Pumps, Neighborhood Scale, Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) Legislative Guidebook
BDC and Institute for Energy and the Environment
A step-by-step guide to help state lawmakers and advocates craft equitable, affordable thermal energy network (TEN) legislation
Financing and Incentives, Future of Gas, Gas Planning, Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Colorado’s Clean Energy Jobs Path
ILR Climate Jobs Institute
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
Workforce Development
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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.