BEI Resources for Cities
FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DECARBONIZATION FOR BOSTON, MA
Completed March 2023, Updated February 2024
An analysis of the total installation cost to comprehensively decarbonize all small and medium buildings in the city of Boston, considering health and safety needs as well as electrification. The analysis also assesses the gap left after stacking existing funding sources, particularly for low- and moderate-income households that will need public investment to cover that gap. Underlying assumptions can be found in the Model Summary and Outputs.
Building Decarbonization Workforce Impacts and Opportunities for Philadelphia, PA
Completed October 2023, Updated February 2024
Assesses the workforce implications of implementing potential decarbonization technologies in Philadelphia to inform future stakeholder conversations about the long-term transition away from fossil fuels. The report finds that by deploying multiple fossil fuel-free technologies, including large-scale district geothermal networks, and collaborating closely with the existing workforce, the City can create new economic innovation opportunities for its municipally-owned gas utility and career paths for its workers while addressing climate change.
BUILDING AND HOUSING STOCK ANALYSIS FOR SAN DIEGO, CA
Completed August 2023
Analyzes the building and housing stock in the city of San Diego, assessing ownership and social vulnerability indicators that may affect equitable building electrification efforts, as well as a wide range of technical building characteristics including an analysis of reported benchmarking data.
FUNDING GAP ANALYSIS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION FOR BERKELEY, CA
Completed July 2022, Updated February 2023
Assesses the total investment costs and gaps in existing funding sources for holistic residential building decarbonization costs in Berkeley, including health, safety, and electric readiness upgrade costs. The research is designed to help the City coordinate existing funding sources and envision new ways of collecting and spending public investments to enable equitable outcomes from building decarbonization.
EXISTING BUILDING POLICY REVIEW FOR BURLINGTON, VT
Completed July 2022
An overview of existing building policies developed in three case study cities: Boston, MA; Denver, CO; and New York City, NY. The case studies include descriptions of the policy design details, stakeholder engagement processes, supportive programs and resources created to ensure equitable implementation, and lessons learned.
Building and Housing Stock Analysis for LOS ANGELES, CA
Completed March 2022
An analysis of the building and housing stock in Los Angeles, with a focus on medium and large buildings. Also includes a building energy analysis based on reported data from the City’s Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) ordinance.
CUSTOMER ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR SAN JOSE, CA
Completed February 2022
An analysis of the costs of electrification upgrades in typical San José single family homes and low-rise multifamily buildings, including installation costs and utility bill impacts, as well as additional health and safety considerations.
JOBS IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR SAN DIEGO, CA
Completed December 2021
An analysis of the potential near-term job impacts in San Diego from a proposed all-electric Reach Code policy for new construction and a local municipal building retrofit plan, as well as an assessment of the potential longer-term job impacts and considerations for the wide-scale transition to building decarbonization. The findings are also further described in an associated summary memo.
NEW CONSTRUCTION CUSTOMER ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR BURLINGTON, VT
Completed December 2021
An analysis of the economics of newly constructed all-electric or nearly all-electric multifamily and office buildings in Burlington.
CUSTOMER ECONOMICS Analysis for washington, d.c.
Completed December 2020
An analysis of the economics of all-electric new construction and electrification retrofits for three common building typologies in the District, including impacts to building owners and tenants under several common building energy metering configurations and sensitivities based on potential changes in gas and electricity rates.
BUILDING AND HOUSING STOCK ANALYSIS FOR SAN JOSE, CA
Completed August 2020
An analysis of the building and housing stock in San José, examining a range of indicators about the local building stock that could affect equitable building electrification opportunities and challenges.
COLD CLIMATE ELECTRIFICATION POLICY REVIEW FOR BURLINGTON, VT
Completed July 2020
A summary of building electrification policies in cold climate regions around the world.
SUPPLY CHAIN ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH REVIEW FOR SAN JOSE AND BERKELEY, CA
Completed July 2020
An assessment of the supply chains for air source heat pumps and heat pump water heaters in the San Francisco Bay Area to help identify challenges and opportunities to support widespread use of these technologies.
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING STOCK ANALYSIS FOR BOSTON, MA
Completed February 2020
An analysis of potential building electrification and envelope retrofits for Boston’s multifamily housing stock. Also includes analysis of building ownership and decision-making indicators as well as citywide social vulnerabilities to help Boston prioritize future investments.
Building and Housing Stock Analysis for Berkeley, CA
Completed January 2020
An analysis of Berkeley’s building and housing stock, including technical indicators, ownership and decision-making indicators, social vulnerability indicators, and environmental risk indicators.
CUSTOMER ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Completed June 2019
A deep dive into the economics of electrifying three common building typologies in Salt Lake City, UT.