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Building Decarbonization Fact Sheet

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  • Colorado H.B. 1269 (enacted 2025): Establishes a Building Decarbonization Enterprise and Building Decarbonization Fee, to reduce building emissions and provide financial assistance to building owners for implementing decarbonization measures.
  • **Colorado S.B. 182 (enacted 2025): Establishes new standards and tax incentives to encourage the use of building materials and construction practices that significantly reduce embodied carbon emission.
  • **New Hampshire S.B.4 (enacted 2025): Establishes a commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER) program designed to facilitate financing for improvements in energy efficiency, clean energy, water conservation, and property resiliency for commercial properties.
  • New York A.3006 (enacted 2023): Included a statewide ban on fossil fuels in new buildings (originally introduced as the standalone policy, the “All-Electric Buildings Act”). Learn more here.
  • Vermont S.5 (enacted 2023): creates a performance standard for the heating fuel sector that will reduce climate pollution over time and increase the equitable deployment of cleaner heat options. Learn more here.
  • Washington H.B. 1543 (enacted 2025): Amends Washington’s Building Performance Standard including the establishment of energy use intensity targets and alternative metrics for compliance, conditional compliance methods, and an early adoption incentive program for building owners.

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