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Policy Briefs
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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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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New Mexico Building Decarbonization Roadmap
BDC, NRDC, and Gridworks
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
Climate Action and Planning
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Opportunities for Integrating Electric and Gas Planning
Berkeley Lab
Explores the current state of electric and gas system planning and the benefits and challenges of integrating these planning processes
Gas Planning, Grid Planning
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Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Geothermal Heating & Cooling
U.S. Department of Energy
Details the benefits of transition with geothermal due to high efficiency grid savings, GHG emission reductions, long lifespan, and labor benefits
Grid Planning, Thermal Energy Networks (TENs), Workforce Development
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