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Building performance standards

Building performance standards (BPS) are laws that require existing buildings to meet energy or emissions targets over time. They are among the most powerful tools governments have, and among the hardest to implement well.

The BPS Working Group

Since 2022, we have facilitated a peer working group for the staff of jurisdictions developing and running these programs.

Much of what works in a building performance standard lives inside individual programs. The Working Group gives staff in different cities, counties, states and provinces a place to compare notes and solve problems together, so that no one has to start from scratch.

Membership is by invitation only and limited to jurisdictions that have passed a BPS. The group holds a call every month and has met nearly 50 times over almost five years. Members actively share resources and best practices with one another.

75+staff members in the Working Group
18member jurisdictions, including nearly every one in the United States and Canada that has passed a BPS to date
39M+people live in member jurisdictions

Population: U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics Canada estimates for July 1, 2025. Member cities inside member states are counted only once.

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The 2027 BPS Summit

Two half-days on Zoom where city, county, state and provincial staff share what they have learned designing, implementing and enforcing these standards. Nearly every speaker is a government staffer. The agenda grows out of the Working Group.

Jan. 27Designing and launching a BPS
Feb. 4Implementing, enforcing and sustaining

12:00–4:00 pm ET / 9:00 am–1:00 pm PT, both days

Visit BPSsummit.org

Speakers confirmed so far

17jurisdictions across the United States and Canada
27practitioners, nearly all of them government staff
Map of the United States and southern Canada marking the 17 jurisdictions with confirmed speakers California Oregon Washington Vancouver, BC Seattle, WA West Hollywood, CA Chula Vista, CA Aspen, CO Denver, CO St. Louis, MO Evanston, IL Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Newton, MA Montgomery County, MD Washington, DC Maryland
  • Aspen, CO
  • Boston, MA
  • California
  • Cambridge, MA
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • Denver, CO
  • Evanston, IL
  • Maryland
  • Montgomery County, MD
  • Newton, MA
  • Oregon
  • Seattle, WA
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Vancouver, BC
  • Washington, DC
  • Washington
  • West Hollywood, CA
  • More to come

As of November 2026. See BPSsummit.org for the latest.