Policies for Better Buildings

The report highlights the necessity for cities to target existing buildings to meet zero-carbon goals, suggesting that packaging policy elements can drive job creation and tax revenue. It cites a case study with a tier 1 city where a cost-optimized point-of-sale policy is projected to save over $4 billion in lifetime energy costs and reduce building sector CO2e emissions by 67 percent, supporting a broader 2050 goal of an 80 percent greenhouse gas emission reduction.

• Packaging various policy elements can lead to significant carbon emission reductions, job growth, increased tax revenue, and the creation of new markets for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
• A cost-optimized point-of-sale policy implemented in a tier 1 city is estimated to generate more than $4 billion in lifetime energy cost savings and, alongside other policies, cut building sector CO2e emissions by 67 percent to help meet a 2050 target of 80 percent total greenhouse gas reduction.

APA

RMI (2018). Policies for Better Buildings. https://rmi.org/resources/policies-for-better-buildings/

Chicago

RMI. Policies for Better Buildings. 2018. https://rmi.org/resources/policies-for-better-buildings/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2018policies, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Policies for Better Buildings}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/policies-for-better-buildings/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }