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Clean Heat Policy Tracker

Regulatory Assistance Project
Provides an up-to-date overview of heating policies, identifies common approaches, and highlights best practices
Efficiency and Building Performance, Technologies
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BDC Presents

The [Building] Electrification Imperative

Climate Action and Planning, Efficiency and Building Performance, Electrification
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Videos

Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

MIT and HEET
Provides an overview of how geothermal networks can lead the transformation of our thermal system towards clean renewable energy
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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BDC Reports

Building Decarbonization Legislative Roundup, 2025

BDC
A curated tracker and analysis of building decarbonization policies across the U.S. in 2025
Efficiency and Building Performance, Electrification, Future of Gas, Future of Heat, Neighborhood Scale, Thermal Energy Networks (TENs), Workforce Development
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BDC Reports

Momentum Q3 | 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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BDC Reports

The End of Gas System Subsidies

BDC
This policy brief offers an overview of the current line extension allowance (LEA) landscape in the U.S. and recommendations for reforming outdated LEA policies that promote the growth of gas consumption and emissions.
Future of Gas, New Construction
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Case Studies

Case Study: Whisper Valley, Texas

BDC
Part of our TENs ownership models case study series.
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Case Studies

Case Study: Framingham, Massachusetts

BDC
Part of our TENs ownership models case study series.
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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Webinars

Thermal Energy Networks: A Legislative Guidebook Webinar

BDC, Institute for Energy and the Environment
This webinar examines best practices for state legislation enabling the development of thermal energy networks. The webinar is based on research conducted by Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment and the Building Decarbonization Coalition.
Equity, Future of Heat, Gas Planning, Grid Planning, Jobs/Workforce, Neighborhood Scale, Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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BDC Reports

Can Data Centers Heat Our Buildings?

BDC
Highlights existing examples of data center waste heat recovery, and identifies policy tools that can help data centers provide non-emitting thermal energy to surrounding areas through stakeholder engagement and forward-thinking design
Thermal Energy Networks (TENs)
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BDC Reports

Momentum Q2 | 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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Webinars

The Heat Pump Edge: Winning Customers in Maryland’s Zero‑Emission Market

BDC
Maryland’s forthcoming Zero‑Emission Heating Equipment Standard (ZEHES) will accelerate demand for high‑performance heat pumps—and the contractors who install them with confidence. This webinar provides HVAC professionals with the technical know‑how and business insights needed to thrive as the state moves to zero-emission heating and cooling.
Electrification, Existing Buildings, Financing and Incentives, Heat Pumps, HVAC
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