Building Performance Standards Utility Attribution Framework

A growing number of states and local jurisdictions are adopting building performance standards (BPS) to address energy savings in existing buildings. To measure and claim savings tied to BPS policies, utilities need to develop attribution frameworks outlining actions they can take to support BPS policy adoption and compliance in their region. Similar to efforts by some utilities to claim energy savings from the support for adoption and compliance of building energy codes in new construction, an attribution framework can provide a pathway for utilities to claim savings for existing building policies.

ClearlyEnergy and Slipstream are developing a BPS attribution framework with funding provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation (RECI) grant. This document introduces the framework for quantifying BPS savings and the role of utilities in supporting BPS policies.