Resources

Enhancing Building Energy Resiliency Through Building Performance Standards and Energy Codes

Buildings are confronting heightened vulnerabilities due to the shifting climate, resulting in amplified risks such as extreme weather events, rising temperatures, and energy supply fluctuations.…

NEEP 2023 Q3 Report

Energy Code Triggers for Existing Buildings

As states advance their commitments to building decarbonization and electrification, it is important to reevaluate our perception of existing buildings and their corresponding energy consumption…

Aligning Building Performance Standards and Energy Codes

This resource explores how several jurisdictions have successfully aligned their energy code updates with building performance standards, looking at both existing and new buildings. It will…

Advancing Virtual Power Plants Through Energy Codes

This brief will look at the components of a VPP, explore national model code provisions that advance VPP technology, and provide examples of states that have adopted VPP provisions in their energy…

Carbon Footprint of Buildings: Reducing Embodied Carbon

In essence, embodied carbon accounts for the carbon footprint of a product or building, not just during its operational phase but through its entire existence. Studies have shown that embodied…

IRA Fact Sheet

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) sets the United States on course to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030. In total, the act includes $369 billion for climate action and energy…

BIL Fact Sheet

In November 2021, the federal government passed the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It allocated $62 billion for infrastructure and other costly capital projects with investments in clean…

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