Policy Framework Webinar Series

Policy Framework Webinar Series

Decarbonizing our building stock requires a comprehensive set of actions, occurring in parallel and phased in over time, across different sectors and levels of government. NEEP's Building Decarbonization Public Policy Framework lays out a pathway to achieve this goal. This pathway will become even more crucial in response to mid-term and long-term COVID-19 recovery. A successful transition to zero carbon [buildings] will require market transformation with advanced technological solutions, and equitable and fair policy mechanisms. Critical policy areas include comprehensive state and utility policy, building regulation, and alignment with evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V).

Join us for a webinar series where we will take a deep dive look at various sections of the policy framework and learn from best practices across the region through invited speakers.

Schedule

State and Utility Regulation · May 14th, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

Decarbonizing buildings requires coordinated regulatory efforts at the utility and state level. Regulatory policy is critical today. As end-uses are increasingly electrified and buildings become increasingly interactive with the grid, regulatory policy will need to evolve to better address the needs of customers and a modernized energy system. Join us during this webinar to hear about examples in the NEEP region.

View a recording of this webinar here.

Building Policies · June 18th, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

Buildings consume about two-thirds of the United States power supply and produce about 40 percent of carbon emissions nationwide. Existing buildings and buildings being constructed now will have a considerable impact on our region’s energy use 50-100 years from now. Therefore, the built environment – including residential, commercial, and public structures – presents an opportunity to drastically reduce carbon emissions. During this webinar we will learn from best practices in building codes, benchmarking and building standards, and residential labeling.

Speakers include:

• Andrew Held, Energy Program Specialist, DC Department of Energy & Environment
• Emily Curley, Commercial Energy Program Manager, Montgomery County, MD Department of Environmental Protection

EM&V · July 16th, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

Building decarbonization to meet aggressive state carbon emission reduction goals and the evolving role of homes and buildings as flexible electric grid resources invites new approaches and information to plan, forecast, and assess the value and impacts of building efficiency integrated with other demand-side solutions. Evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V), and reporting of energy and demand savings, costs, avoided emissions, and other impacts of energy efficiency builds transparency and credibility of results necessary to document progress towards goals. This webinar will examine new approaches for evolving EM&V for decarbonization.