Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector

The U.S. Department of Energy led the development of a Blueprint for decarbonizing U.S. buildings by 2050 to lay out a national strategy for aggressively reducing building greenhouse gas emissions while delivering equity, affordability, and resilience benefits to communities. The vision includes action the federal government can take to meet specific targets for increasing building energy efficiency, accelerating onsite emissions reductions, transforming the grid edge, and minimizing embodied life cycle emissions.

The national strategy reflects the central role that buildings play in achieving economy-wide climate goals while delivering cost savings, healthier environments, and high-quality jobs for the American people. Federal agency coordination and support for state and local actions is essential to accelerate the transition to low-carbon buildings.

https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/decarbonizing-us-economy-2050

The Blueprint aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. buildings 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050 vs. 2005 while centering equity and benefits to communities.

The Blueprint sets three cross-cutting goals of equity, affordability, and resilience to ensure that the low-carbon buildings transition benefits disadvantaged communities, reduces energy costs, and increases the ability of communities to withstand stresses. Alongside those three cross-cutting goals, the Blueprint identifies four strategic objectives with specific performance targets that enable overall emission reductions.

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