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Driving Action on Embodied Carbon in Buildings
RMI and USGBC's report answers today’s questions about embodied carbon and highlights key actions to decarbonize the building construction industry.
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What a 20 million heat pump commitment means for the US
Today, a consortium of US states and territories representing more than half of the US economy announced a commitment to collectively reach 20 million residential electric heat pump installations by 2030.
Building Electrification
State-Level Building Electrification Factsheets
Explore RMI's state-specific factsheets on electrification for effective building decarbonization. Carbon benefits, health impacts, cost savings, and more.
Buildings
It’s the IRA’s First Birthday. Here Are Five Areas Where Progress Is Piling Up.
The Inflation Reduction Act promised an unprecedented wave of clean energy investment. One year in, here’s where we’re seeing progress.
Buildings
How to Upgrade and Electrify Millions of US Homes and Buildings
We offer three ways that states can scale the impact of the IRA’s historic $8.5 billion home energy rebates investment.
Buildings
Pathways to Equity and Savings for Low-Income Households
How tax incentives and updated standards are changing home construction.
Buildings
How Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Can Drive Solar Development
As tensions mount on the placement of large-scale solar developments in the United States, real estate investment trusts (REITs) could help reduce solar developments’ environmental impacts and our nation’s power sector greenhouse gas emissions, all…
Buildings
Energy Service Agreements for Deep Efficiency and Electrification Retrofits of Affordable Multifamily Housing in California
Discover how energy service agreements and incentives can finance affordable housing retrofits in California, driving energy efficiency and reducing emissions.
Buildings
Now Is the Time to Go All In on Heat Pumps
A new RMI analysis shows that in all 48 continental states, replacing a gas furnace with a heat pump could reduce climate pollution by up to 93 percent.
Buildings
Cost-Effective Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
Grid-interactive efficient buildings reduce energy use and emissions in our buildings, manage peak demand periods and help clean our power system.