Full Title: A National Roadmap for Clean Buildings
Author(s): Nate Kinsey, Molly Freed, Trevor Dolan, Leah Stokes, Dani Schulman & Sam Ricketts
Publisher(s): Evergreen Collaborative
Publication Date: October 16, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
America’s built environment consists of 124 million residential and 5.9 million commercial buildings, which together generate toxic amounts of air pollution and account for 13 percent of national carbon pollution. For the Biden administration to meet its ambitious climate goals, the White House must now implement rigorous pollution and efficiency standards to swiftly transition America’s buildings to efficient, clean appliances like heat pumps and induction stoves.
The first two years of President Joe Biden’s administration have included historic progress for climate action, but there remains so much more to do. In order to meet his target of a 50-52 percent reduction in climate pollution below 2005 levels by 2030, and to prepare the nation to reach net-zero emissions by midcentury, the Biden administration must move aggressively on executive action.
Buildings represent the nation’s largest consumer of energy, fourth largest source of direct carbon pollution, and second largest source of air pollution. In this paper, we assess the Biden administration’s progress, and propose a suite of additional executive actions that will drive transformation of the buildings sector.