New Buildings Institute Inc

RESILIENT SOUTHWEST BUILDING CODE COLLABORATIVE

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): OPTIMIZING GRID INTEGRATION STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE ZONE 1 BUILDINGS THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE ENERGY CODES AND POLICIES IN THE STATE OF HAWAI’I (HAWAI’I), THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO (PUERTO RICO) AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (THE CNMI). THE PROJECT WILL DO THIS BY: 1) CONDUCTING A PILOT STUDY AND DATA ANALYSES; 2) CONDUCTING STRATEGIC COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY OUTREACH; 3) TAILORING MODEL LANGUAGE FOR DATA-INFORMED STRETCH CODES AND STRATEGIC POLICIES, BASED ON EXISTING STRETCH CODES SUCH AS THE HONOLULU STRETCH CODE; 4) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO JURISDICTIONS INTERESTED IN ADOPTING THE RESULTING STRETCH CODES AND ACCOMPANYING POLICIES.

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE ENERGY CODES AND POLICY IN ILLINOIS (IL) AND BUILD A DIVERSE AND CAPABLE WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT WILL DO THIS BY: 1) DEVELOPING A ROADMAP TO FRAME THE CLIMATE AND EQUITABLE JOB ACT’S (CEJA) GOALS IN TERMS OF ACTIONABLE STEPS TOWARDS EQUITABLE NEW AND EXISTING BUILDING POLICIES AND COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE POLICIES; 2) DEVELOP AN ADOPTION TOOLKIT AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO JURISDICTIONS INTERESTED IN ADOPTING THE 2023 STRETCH ENERGY CODE OR OTHER ADVANCED BUILDING POLICIES; 3) CONDUCTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, TOOLS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

MADE IN AMERICA GRID INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL HPWH SYSTEMS (MAGIC HPWHS)

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): SOUTH-CENTRAL ENERGY CODE OPTIMIZATION PROJECT (SC ECOP) MANY LARGE SOUTH-CENTRAL COMMUNITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE 2021 I-CODES; HOWEVER, MANY OTHERS ENFORCE OLDER OR AMENDED VERSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE (IECC). MOTIVATIONS VARY AS TO WHY COMMUNITIES DO NOT ADOPT THE LATEST ENERGY CODE, BUT A LACK OF TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE ARE KEY FACTORS. THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ENERGY CODE OPTIMIZATION PROJECT (SC ECOP) WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN NEW BUILDINGS INSTITUTE (NBI) AND SOUTH-CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A RESOURCE (SPEER), WITH INPUT FROM LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND STATE AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON BUILDING ENERGY CODES AND RESILIENCE POLICIES, AND THE PROJECT TEAM WILL DEVELOP AND DEPLOY TRAINING RESOURCES FOCUSED ON INCREASING ADVANCED CODE ADOPTION AND COMPLIANCE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. THIS EFFORT CONTRIBUTES TO THE LARGER GOAL OF IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, RESULTING IN MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND CLIMATE RESILIENT BUILDINGS, WHILE PRESERVING AFFORDABILITY AND REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. THIS PROJECT WILL ENSURE EQUITABLE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, MORE ROBUST LOCAL ADOPTION PROCESSES IN A HOME-RULE STATE, AND EXPANSION OF BUILDING CODE CURRICULUM ACROSS AREAS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. EXPANDED BUILDING CODE CURRICULUM, ESPECIALLY IN THE OFTEN-UNDERSERVED LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO BUILDING-RELATED JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE LABOR SHORTAGE BY DEVELOPING A STRONGER PIPELINE OF CONSTRUCTION AND TRADES WORKERS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF TEXAS (TX) AND OKLAHOMA (OK) IS ROUGHLY 335,000 SQUARE MILES, MORE THAN ANY OTHER REGIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ORGANIZATION (REEO)’S AREA, AND MORE THAN SOME REEO’S TOTAL COMBINED SQUARE MILE AREA. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THE REGION-SPECIFIC CLIMATE RESILIENCE ISSUES AND ESTABLISH A NETWORK TO BEGIN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND PATHWAYS TO ADDRESS THEM. THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP A SET OF RESOURCES, POLICY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER TOOLS THAT WILL HELP GUIDE ANY FUTURE RESILIENCE CODE ADOPTION EFFORTS IN THE REGION WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING A CONTINUATION OF THE NETWORK BUILDING EFFORTS AMONG THE COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NET ZERO CODE IMPLEMENTATION

MICROGRID OPPORTUNITIES: VEHICLES ENHANCING RESILIENCY THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE, REFINE, AND DISSEMINATE A NATIONALLY REPLICABLE MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF VEHICLE TO GRID OPTIMIZATION COUPLED WITH RESILIENCE AND GRID SERVICES FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND SCHOOL.

MUNICIPAL PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE AND POLICY OPPORTUNITIES

HIGH-EFFICIENCY ELECTRIFICATION TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

BRINGING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES (DERS) TO SCALE THROUGH SIMPLIFIED PERMITTING

THE PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE NEED FOR DATA ON BUILDING ENERGY USAGE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND TOOLS THAT PROVIDE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK FROM M