Clean Building Compass

Finds that by deploying multiple fossil fuel-free technologies and collaborating closely with the existing workforce, Philadelphia can create new economic innovation opportunities for its municipally-owned gas utility and career paths for its workers while addressing climate change

Concludes that in Washington a managed and timely transition (starting by 2025) would allow gas utilities to plan for the energy transition, cut climate pollution significantly and protect low-income ratepayers

Addresses how racist policies and practices create poorer housing quality for the most at-risk communities, summarizes the evidence that poorer housing quality contributes to health disparities, outlines risks and opportunities of building decarbonization and provides recommendations for equitable building decarbonization policies and programs.

The future of gas in Illinois is fraught with financial risks for customers, utilities and their investors, and even taxpayers and to avoid the worst outcomes of this future, a managed transition that equitably decarbonizes entire neighborhoods and communities is needed

Provides a comprehensive walkthrough of how to develop a thermal energy network including identifying opportunities and understanding ownership

Examines the current state of IRA funding for rental housing, challenges it may pose, and ideas for how IRA can be improved to benefit tenants

Analyzes the obligation to serve statute across the U.S. and recommends a course of action for how to modify it in order to enable neighborhood-scale building decarbonization

Develops a benefit-cost analysis framework integrating site-specific estimates of gas infrastructure avoided costs to enable detailed examination of cost-effectiveness for specific example projects

Summarizes the key findings of the decision, discusses its immediate impact for local governments with similar ordinances, and addresses decarbonization efforts local governments might continue to pursue should the decision remain good law

This whitepaper posits a framework for scaling up building decarbonization in order to reach our ambitious climate goals

Discusses the U.S. commercial real estate sector's progress, the current status of data availability, and explores mechanisms and levers available to reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings in the U.S.

Provides a template on proactive rental inspection to assist localities interested in developing a program