The National Energy Codes Collaborative is a new nationwide network to help states and jurisdictions effectively and sustainably implement updated building energy codes, driving innovation through convening and collaboration, technical assistance, community engagement, capacity building, and thought leadership. By providing this support and connecting states and localities facing similar challenges across the U.S., our goal is to see more states and localities on the path to regularly updating their energy codes, resulting in the widespread improvements in energy efficiency and decarbonization that are imperative to addressing climate change. 

Nearly a hundred energy code leaders and key stakeholders from across the United States came together in Sacramento in early May to kick off the Codes Collaborative. Led by ACEEE and its partners—the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), and ASHRAE—the Codes Collaborative brings together states and local jurisdictions and the organizations that support them in implementing updated energy codes across the country. The 27 projects funded under the Department of Energy’s Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation (RECI) program connect with each other through the Codes Collaborative. The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law provided $225 million over five years to the RECI program for states and localities to update their building codes, and with an additional $1 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to support updated energy codes, this is just the beginning.