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The Biden administration has been an advocate of stronger state and local energy-related building codes. In 2022, President Joe Biden launched the National Building Performance Standards Coalition, a group of state and local governments that committed to implementing BPS in their jurisdictions. 

These standards also showed up as a priority in the DOE’s federal blueprint to decarbonize the building sector, which was released in April. Thirteen U.S. cities have a BPS in place, according to a July report from JLL. By 2026, that number could balloon to at least 40 cities, the report predicts. 

Cities are taking different approaches to using the federal grants announced Tuesday. In Ohio, four cities awarded a collective $10 million will develop BPS policies along with a “one-stop shop” to connect building owners with financing solutions, training and incentives, according to the DOE. 

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