Alternative Compliance Path Factsheet
An overview of how alternative compliance paths help buildings of all types improve energy efficiency and overall building performance.
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Model Utility Data Access Law
To lower utility bills, you have to know how much energy is being used.
Tenants at the Center: An Equitable Path to Building Decarbonization
Case studies and policy recommendations that focus on passing strong tenant protections to prevent rent increases and displacement stemming from building decarbonization efforts.
How can community accountability boards transform climate governance?
This factsheet explains what it takes to start a CAB, why your community should start one, where they exist, and how to set one up.
Overview: High-Performance Building Hubs
Learn why high-performance building hubs are valuable tools for better buildings, and how the Building Performance Partnership iss scaling up hubs nationally.
Equitable Funding Mechanisms for Climate Action in Minneapolis
This paper recommends sustainable approaches to generate funding for equitable climate action and just transition efforts in Minneapolis.
What defines a building performance standard (BPS)?
Learn how BPS complements traditional building energy code approaches, but works quite differently.
Cost Effectiveness of the Residential Provisions of the 2021 IECC
Following U.S. Department of Energy cost effectiveness certification of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) commissioned the Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL) to conduct an independent cost analysis of the 2021 IECC. The report, 2021 IECC Residential Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 3 (HIRL report), was published in June 2021, and … Continued
2024 IECC Process
This resource provides an overview of the 2024 IECC development process.
2024 IECC – Significant Potential Efficiency Rollbacks
This resource provides a priority list of proposals that should be disapproved as unacceptable rollbacks by the IECC-Residential and Commercial Consensus Committees and relevant subcommittees.