What a productive year we shared! In this final 2022 Clean Energy Transition Institute newsletter, we share a few news items, a brief round-up of what we accomplished this year, and our thanks.

In a game-changing win for decarbonization, the Washington State Building Code Council voted to require heat pumps in new residential home construction.

President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16, 2022. Here is a roundup of our favorite resources that have helped us understand the IRA’s role in accelerating the clean energy transition.

Mariah Caballero presented the findings from the Community-Defined Decarbonization report on a panel at the 2022 Washington Solar Summit focused on Tribal energy resilience and climate action.

On September 8, 2022, the Clean Energy Transition Institute released Community-Defined Decarbonization: Reflecting Rural and Tribal Desires for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition in Washington.

A selection of some of the best building decarbonization podcasts and webinars from the past few months.

President’s Biden’s recent announcement to invoke the Defense Production Act could expand domestic manufacturing of heat pumps. This blog summarizes the current policy landscape related to heat pumps in the U.S.

Heat pumps are a crucial strategy for decreasing emissions from the building sector. This post summarizes the major factors concerning this promising piece of low-carbon infrastructure and the role it could play in decarbonizing buildings.

On February 15, 2022, the Biden administration announced a clean manufacturing initiative to reduce carbon emissions and reinvigorate American manufacturing.

Buy Clean and Buy Fair is a critical legislative tool to reduce carbon emissions from the production of construction materials and promote high labor standards in manufacturing.

The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) held its first public hearing on February 25, 2022 about the full suite of proposed changes to the Washington State Energy Code-Commercial 2018 Edition.

When the Washington State Legislature passed the Climate Pollution Limits bill in 2020, it etched into law aggressive economy-wide carbon emissions limits to achieve by 2050. For the building sector, this translates into a 96% emission decrease below 2020 levels in three decades.