Built Environment - Building Codes and Conservation

Pew Center on Global Climate Change: State level Actions with a searchable database of information regarding the Building Sector: Residential Building Energy Codes, Commercial Building Energy Codes, Green Building Standards for State Buildings, and Appliance Efficiency Standards.

American Planning Association Planners Energy and Climate Change Database: This online database provides examples of communities that have taken steps to integrate energy and climate change issues into planning, states that have addressed climate change issues in plans or policies, and other relevant documents to help planners understand and address energy and climate change.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change: State level Actions with a searchable database of information regarding the Energy Sector:  Public Benefit Funds, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Net Metering Programs, Green Pricing Programs, Renewable Energy Credit Tracking Systems, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards, and State Governments Purchasing Green Power.

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