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Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2008
Level City or Town, County
State(s) California
Source City and County of San Francisco
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
This ordinance requires commercial building owners to turn off non-essential lighting between 11 PM and 6 AM to reduce energy consumption and promote sustainability. Non-essential lighting includes lighting used for advertising or aesthetic purposes. Building owners must post signs...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) All States, Wyoming
Source U.S. Department Of Energy
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources
U.S. Department of Energy fact sheet guide to Energy Savings Performance Contracting for governments....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Policy Areas Energy, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance
This toolkit outlines how local governments can implement "lead by example" programs that reduce energy consumption and emissions, foster markets for sustainable products, encourage green building standards, and promote economic development. It provides a guide for developing facility...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2007
Level City or Town
State(s) Maryland
Source Gaithersburg City Council
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Energy
This ordinance requires new residential building construction projects and building addition projects to meet energy performance standards related to cooling equipment, heating equipment, duct work, windows, water heaters, and lighting. It also requires homeowners to be given an...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing
This fact sheet refutes common misconceptions surrounding net zero/fossil fuel free buildings. In particular, it highlights how the creation of net zero/fossil fuel free buildings will spur economic development; lower construction costs over time; offer reliable power; and serve all...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2008
Level City or Town
State(s) Texas
Source City of Austin
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources
This ordinance requires commercial building owners to benchmark and report their energy use rating by June 1st each year. The ordinance applies to commercial buildings 10,000 square foot or larger that are located within Austin City limits and receive electricity from Austin Energy....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2018
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Brookings
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Housing
Equitable housing policies should build safe units, mitigate environmental impacts, reduce barriers to high-opportunity neighborhoods, and supplement incomes for households in need. This article outlines six goals for improving housing equity and availability, including clarifying...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources
As states and cities seek to meet their energy savings and carbon emissions reduction goals, new and innovative solutions are needed to improve energy efficiency in the stock of existing homes and buildings. One key tool-building energy rating and disclosure (BER&D) -seeks...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2008
Level City or Town
State(s) -
Source Council Of The District Of Columbia
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources
This act establishes the authority to contract with the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to administer sustainable energy programs in the district of Columbia. It also sets up an advisory board for the SEU and defines their responsibilities. The act includes provisions for a renewable...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2018
Level -
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Housing
As the price of electricity and heating fuels rise, the demand for rental properties with energy-efficient features and lower utility bills is skyrocketing. This guide instructs renters on what to ask and look for to find an energy-efficient rental. It also outlines low cost measures...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2009
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Council of the City of Los Angeles
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy
This ordinance establishes the Green Retrofit and Workforce Program. The program is committed to retrofitting all city-owned properties over 7,600 square feet or constructed prior to 1978 with the goal of meeting the LEED®-EB silver or higher standards....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement
Opponents of updated energy codes claim that updating codes will be too costly for builders, contractors, and homebuyers. This report examines commercial and residential construction data from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to disprove these common arguments, while highlighting...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) Ohio
Source Policy Matters Ohio
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources
This brief provides sustainable workforce development strategies which include driving investment in green energy infrastructure, promoting best value contracting, and creating job training and apprenticeship programs in sustainable industries. It also highlights examples of policies...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
This report provides recommendations to help states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions implement efficient building energy codes. Recommendations include regularly updating the state building energy code, establishing a pathway to zero net energy buildings, implementing mandatory...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source COWS
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Governments everywhere are looking for ways to create new, quality jobs, despite restricted budgets. Although many have enacted programs that facilitate energy efficiency retrofits for the residential and commercial sectors, retrofit of public buildings has garnered little policy...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source U.S. Department of Energy
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces
Municipal buildings and infrastructure present opportunities for public savings through energy efficiency improvements. This guide outlines best practices for energy efficiency benchmarking and emphasizes the benefits of the Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR program, which helps...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source City Council of the City of Chicago
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Energy
This act establishes the Chicago building energy benchmarking program. Each building owner shall report benchmarking information including building identification number, address, square footage, energy performance score, energy use intensity, and annual greenhouse gas emissions....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Market Transformation
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy
It is relatively easy to make the connection that tracking and disclosing a building's energy usage will promote energy savings, but in fact, there are many other benefits that go far beyond simply kilowatt hours. While benchmarking brings building owners' attention to energy efficiency,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2009
Level City or Town, County
State(s) Illinois
Source Center for Neighborhood Technology
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development
This report outlines a two‐track process for creating a Chicago Area Building Energy Efficiency System. The first track identifies funding, including ARRA funds to quickly ramp up existing programs to launch significant weatherization initiatives in appropriate locations around the...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level School District, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Education, Energy, Finance & Procurement
Across the country, state funding for school construction and renovation projects ranges significantly. This report summarizes how each state in the Northeastern United States funds school construction projects, and provides recommendations to achieve zero energy schools through construction...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2021
Level City or Town, State
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy
Massachusetts' Energy-Zero Code requires the design and construction of buildings to achieve zero energy. A zero energy building is a low-energy, combustion-free building that sources all of its energy from renewable energy. This code outlines a variety of paths buildings can take...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level -
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Housing
As the price of electricity and heating fuels rise, the demand for energy efficient homes is skyrocketing, making a working knowledge of efficient home characteristics important for real estate professionals. This checklist can be used as a resource for keeping track of all the energy...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source COWS
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The municipal, university, school, and hospital sectors (MUSH) have vast potential for job creation through energy efficient retrofit installation. This policy brief outlines potential savings from retrofit programs, workforce standards, and financing strategies. It also recommends...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Data & Technology, Energy
Building energy performance standards, or BEPS, are policies which require building owners to meet certain energy targets in order to reach city-wide emissions goals and to disclose their building data publicly. Before developing these standards, it is critical to have quality data,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania
Source Acadia Center
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Buildings are one of the top emitters of greenhouse gas emissions. Communities should implement Building Performance Standards (BPS) to enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions in commercial and multifamily buildings. BPS are linked to broader climate goals and environmental...

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