New Year, New BPS: West Hollywood Joins the Club
Get the key details of West Hollywood’s Building Performance Standard
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2026 Building Policies Outlook: Local & State Leadership in a Federal Vacuum
James Burton forecasts building performance policies for 2026
Making Sense of Lost Savings: Takeaways from the DOE’s Commercial Energy Code Field Study
Do buildings actually comply with energy codes? A Department of Energy project investigated results and offers recommendations for energy efficient building codes and policies
Five Takeaways on Making Building Performance Standards Work for Everyone
As state and local governments look for ways to reduce emissions and improve the affordability and resilience of buildings, a growing number are turning to Building Performance Standards. These policies address energy waste in existing buildings and use multiple alternative compliance paths (ACPs) to provide flexibility. But not all of these alternative pathways are created … Continued
Persistence Pays Off: New Orleans Passes Benchmarking Ordinance
How New Orleans finally passed a law requiring buildings to track energy use, and what it means for residents
Integrating Equity into Building Performance Standards
Buildings are more than bricks and walls: they’re where we live, work, and learn. In most large cities in North America, buildings are also the largest source of the greenhouse gas emissions warming our planet.
The Landscape of Building Performance Standard Pathway Alternatives
The report provides a landscape assessment of alternative compliance pathways used for building performance standards nationwide.
BPS Getting Real: 2025 Brings First Performance Deadlines
This year marks an exciting milestone in our field: the first BPS compliance deadlines are taking effect in cities like New York City, Denver, and St. Louis.
2025 Green Lease Leaders Trends
Beyond offices, continued international growth, and enhancing green lease language. These are the highlights from this year’s leaders!
New Resources for Centering Community Priorities in BPS
While many organizations, governments, communities, businesses, foundations are all chipping away at climate change from different angles, the planet is still warming and more immediate challenges around affordability and health divert attention from the urgency around climate. How can we as a society do better? By bringing more people into climate action! Some of the … Continued