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    Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, Energy Storage, and Solar Permitting and Inspection Guidelines

    These guidelines provide an overview of code requirements for installing Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment and Energy Storage Systems in single-family, multifamily, and office buildings.

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    Culture Over Carbon Report is Now Available

    This multi-year report shares the first in depth review of energy use patterns in cultural institutions across the United States and creates a roadmap for energy reductions based on best practices from this sector.

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    The Building Electrification Technology Roadmap for Schools

    This report equips K-12 leaders with the ultimate roadmap and decision-making tools to electrify their school buildings.

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    Explore the New Embodied Carbon Codes

    These overlays introduce prescriptive embodied carbon code amendments for both the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Residential Code (IRC) for a range of products, encompassing widely used and high carbon-emitting building materials.

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    Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Code Overlay

    The Extreme Heat and Urban Heat Island Code Overlay provides code language for jurisdictions interested in acting against extreme heat and mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect.

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