Building Performance Standards

Building Performance Standards for Decarbonization

A key component of accelerating decarbonization of the built environment is municipal & state policymaking requiring consistent ongoing performance/carbon reduction in buildings. Careful crafting of these requirements, called Building Performance Standards (BPS), is critical to their long-term success. This presentation will dive into the structures and frameworks that exist for this type of policymaking, compliance […]
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Federal Building Performance Standard

On December 7, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard. The Federal Building Performance Standard requires agencies to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances to achieve zero scope 1 emissions in 30 percent of the building space owned by the Federal government by square footage by 2030. As the country’s single largest […]
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