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Community Engagement Framework

Learn how we collaborate with communities to ensure equitable solutions to energy and climate challenges.

Redistributing Power to Communities in Oregon

Verde, Coalition of Communities of Color, and the Institute for Market Transformation pursue energy justice in Oregon, driving community wealth with utility investments.

Working with a Community Accountability Board to Co-Design Equitable Building Performance Standards

When implementing a building performance standard (BPS), jurisdictions must prioritize community collaboration and ownership. A Community Accountability Board (CAB) works with policymakers and administrators to review a BPS’ impact on frontline and fenceline communities. These are communities that experience the most immediate and worst impacts of climate change and are most often communities of color, … Continued

Short Building Performance Standard Model Law

This resource establishes goals and an equitable process for crafting building performance standard rules to support energy-efficient, affordable, healthy buildings.