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California Climate Disclosure: What to Know About SB 253 and SB 261
The California Climate Disclosure laws are here! Learn more about California’s landmark disclosure laws on climate risks and emissions data.
New Orleans’ 2025 Benchmarking Law: What Building Owners Need to Know
The New Orleans Benchmarking Law is here. Learn how this new building energy compliance rule impacts owners & operators, how to avoid penalties, and why it could help your bottom line.
The Big Beautiful Bill Act and the Future of US Energy Policy
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) Act into law. The bill eliminates significant federal clean energy policies and initiatives, while sparing others. The BBB scaled back the clean energy investments established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund other priorities, including tax cuts, defense spending, and immigration enforcement.
The Denver Building Performance Policy
The Denver Building Performance Policy (BPP) is a law adopted in 2021 that sets energy performance standards for most commercial and multifamily buildings in the City and County of Denver. The BPP is one of the City and County of Denver’s central strategies for meeting its goal of getting all existing buildings and homes in Denver to net zero energy by 2040.
The Washington DC Building Energy Performance Standards Program
The District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) has established a Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Program to increase energy performance in existing buildings and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption by 50% by 2032.