Short Building Performance Standard Model Law
This resource establishes goals and an equitable process for crafting building performance standard rules to support energy-efficient, affordable, healthy buildings.
Retrofits
By retrofitting a building, building owners and management teams can achieve substantial energy improvements and cost savings. To learn more about the benefits of retrofits or how to get started, check out our collection of resources below.
The Latest
What Will It Take? Designing Carbon-Free Buildings
The Hub and Clark Construction Group kicked off the What It Takes series with a panel focused on the role of design and design professionals in decarbonizing buildings.
What the White House’s Building Performance Standard Means and How to Do It Right
How the Biden administration can set building performance standards for federal buildings that benefit people and climate
Want to Tune Up Your City’s Buildings? First, Tune Up Your Approach.
Building audit and tune-up policies can improve energy efficiency and building performance while reducing carbon emissions and operational costs.
Implementing Energy Audit and Tune-Up Policies
Building audit and tune-up policies can improve energy efficiency and building performance while reducing city carbon emissions and operational costs.
Event Takeaways: Improving Operations During The Pandemic
Here are some major takeaways from a Building Innovation Hub event with AOBA Educational Foundation.
Retrofitting Affordable Housing For Zero Utility Costs
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Commons is the first multifamily Passive House-certified retrofit project in the country.
Behind-the-Scenes: St. Louis Building Performance Standard
Frank Oswald, St. Louis Building Commissioner, and Rajiv Ravulapati explain how they engaged stakeholders for the new policy.
City of St. Louis Becomes the First in the Midwest to Pass a Building Energy Performance Standard
St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed into law the first Building Performance Standard in the Midwest.
St. Louis Passes First Building Performance Standard in the Midwest
On April 20, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted to adopt the Midwest’s first Building Energy Performance Standard bill and the fourth such law in the nation.