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Setting Carbon Goals and Tracking Progress

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Resource Library, Target Setting | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings has put together a list of resources that can provide guidance on what to consider when setting a carbon-related goal and what data is needed to track it. The site offers several resources for target-setting, how to develop a greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory, and how to track GHG data.

Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards: A Resource Compendium

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Resource Library | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

List of resources to help navigate tools and procedures for tracking, reporting, and compliance with benchmarking and building performance standards.

Building Performance Standards

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Resource Library | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

This library gathers resources that provide information on the components of a BPS and the process for establishing this type of policy in a jurisdiction

Building Performance Standards (IMT)

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Resource Library | Author Category: NGO

Series of BPS-related resources that provide information on building performance standards, including a fact sheet on how cities can benefit from these policies.

RETROFIT RESOURCE HUB

Geographic Scope: Regional | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Resource Library | Author Category: U.S. Jurisdiction

Website with information to help building owners, tenants, and contractors make healthy, climate resilient, and low-carbon building improvements.

Building Data Tools

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Implementation Software & Tools | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

Website describing how DOE tools can be used to support BPS policies, among other things.

BPS Financing

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Financing | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

Overview of funding streams to help with a variety of tasks related to BPS, from technical assistance to building upgrades themselves.

Better Buildings Financial Navigator

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Financing | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

A useful resource hub for that provides a list of ways to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in buildings, primarily for building owners. 

Building Energy Data Sharing and Analysis Tools for BPS Implementation

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Implementation Software & Tools | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

Website describing how DOE tools can be used to support BPS policies, among other things.

Better Buildings – Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards: A Resource Compendium

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: Benchmarking, Data Collection & Analysis | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

The U.S. DOE Better Buildings has put together a list of resources to help navigate tools and procedures for tracking, reporting, and compliance with benchmarking and building performance standards.

Better Buildings – Setting Carbon Goals and Tracking Progress

Geographic Scope: National | Document Type: Resource Page | Focus: BPS Metric Selection, Target Setting | Author Category: DOE and National Labs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings has put together a list of resources that can provide guidance on what to consider when setting a carbon-related goal and what data is needed to track it. The site offers several resources for target-setting, how to develop a greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory, and how to track GHG data.