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BEPS
2024 DC BEPS Legislative Changes You Need to Know
On December 17, 2024, the DC Council voted unanimously on legislation that would make a series of technical amendments to the District’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS).
Event Takeaways: Decarbonizing DC
A networking event with discussions on finance, transportation, and complexity in management and infrastructural transformation.
Retro-Commissioning Our Way to BEPS Compliance
This retro-commissioning scope-of-work companion blog is for any building looking to improve its operations or comply with building performance standards in other jurisdictions.
Event Takeaways: Understanding PACE Financing
Event takeaways from the Hub and AOBA Metro Washington's recently hosted a webinar on property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing.
How to Use the Third-Party Benchmarking Data Verification Scope of Work
A guide for confirming the accuracy of your building’s data
New Member Baumann Consulting Brings an International Perspective to Local Decarbonization
The Building Innovation Hub chatted with Oliver Baumann, President & CEO, and Scott Emery, SVP, Director of Existing Building Decarbonization…
What to Know About the Greener Government Buildings Amendment Act of 2022
A high-level overview of the GGBA and open questions still in play.
The Inflation Reduction Act and DC’s BEPS – what works, what doesn’t, and what we don’t yet know
Building owners looking to take advantage of tax incentives as they improve their properties in line with BEPS should check out the updated 179D deduction, recently expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Interviews from the Field: the District’s Building Energy Performance Standards
To learn more about the Building Energy Performance Standards law in practice, the Hub team interviewed a handful of building owners and managers representing buildings subject to BEPS.
Director’s Testimony on Proposed DC BEPS Delay
On April 6, 2023 Theresa Backhus shared the industry feedback the Hub has received regarding the Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) with the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, Budget Oversight Hearing on the Department of Energy and Environment and the Green Finance Authority.
