High-Efficiency Electrification Resources
Online Tool / March 4, 2026 / Codes And Policy
Building electrification plays a key role in achieving national, state, and local goals for reducing building emissions. As interest in electrification expands, designers, contractors, installers, homeowners, and other practitioners need clear guidelines to successfully complete their electrification projects.
Explore resources designed to help practitioners electrify buildings while affordably and equitably improving energy efficiency and demand flexibility .
Through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) program, New Buildings Institute has created resources to support building electrification while improving energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and savings.
Electrification in Residential Retrofits
Who should use these resources: These resources support designers, energy auditors, and individuals in the process of electrifying home systems. They provide a foundational understanding for those contemplating all-electric design, helping them navigate the complexities of this transition.
- Slide Deck: Planning a Fuel Transition
- Factsheet: Home Electrification and Electric Panel Considerations
- Checklist: Electrification for Energy Auditors
- Nevada Retrofit Calculator
All-Electric Design in New Construction
Who should use these resources: This guide can assist designers of multifamily buildings in making the transition to all-electric space heating and water heating systems. It should be used as a starting point when considering an all-electric design.
- Slide Deck: Making the Transition to All-Electric Buildings
- Guide: Transition to All-Electric Buildings
Heat Pumps
Who should use these resources: These resources provide key information on electrifying space heating/cooling with heat pumps. They include sizing recommendations, information on heating/cooling capacities and product availability, and a checklist for building code permitting and inspection.
- Slide Deck: Electrification Spotlight: Heat Pumps
- Factsheet: Types of Air to Air Heat Pumps
- Home Electrification and Electric Panel Considerations (Factsheet and Checklist)
- Guide: Design Considerations for Electric Heating Swaps in Multi-Family Buildings
- Checklist: Heat Pump Space Heating Permitting & Inspection
Heat Pump Water Heaters
Who should use these resources: These resources provide key information on electrifying water heating systems with heat pump water heaters. The resources include sizing recommendations and a building code permitting and inspection checklist.
- Slide Deck: Electrification Spotlight: Heat Pump Water Heaters
- Factsheet: Home Electrification and Electric Panel Considerations
- Guide: Sizing Multi-Family Electric Water Heating Swaps
- Checklist: Heat Pump Water Heater Permitting and Inspection
This material was developed by New Buildings Institute, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Steven Winters Associates, and partner organizations. The project was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Award Number DE-EE0009747 (“BENEFIT”). The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.