Electrification is a key component of a comprehensive city decarbonization strategy. How can cities use building performance standards to advance electrification? This brief, created for city policymakers interested in exploring decarbonization, electrification, or building performance standards (or ideally, all three), explores how building performance standards can be a powerful tool to achieving electrification in buildings. It is part of a larger series of briefs on building performance standards. To access the full collection, visit www.imt.org/bps.