Building Decarbonization Coalition

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Momentum Report
Momentum Q2 | 2026 Energy Affordability Is Reshaping the Politics of Heat How market momentum, rising energy bills, and neighborhood-scale solutions are reshaping the thermal transition
Chef Katie Chin cooking on an induction range in front of a crowd.
Five people standing next to a Heat Pump Week sign.
How market momentum and rising gas costs are reshaping what households pay for energy.
We're Hiring a Bilingual (Spanish) Contractor Agent - Associate
We're hiring! Campaign Manager, New York
We're hiring! Program Manager, Stakeholder Outreach & Engagement
Picture of Panama Bartholomy, who says he was on the Reframe Building Sustainability Podcast. It also says he was on Episode 15 of the podcast, whose title was "A System Reckoning is Coming. In addition, it lists his title as Founder and Executive Director of the Building Decarbonization Coalition. The image's background is blue, and the photo of Panama is tinted blue.
Opening scene with reference pictures from Eversource Framingham TENs pilot. Photo credits: Eversource Energy.
Film by Morning People Productions.
2025 Wrapped: Building Decarb Edition
BDC Director of Public Relations Robin Tung (sitting second from the left) sitting with three panel members and one person standing at The Passive House Network’s California Rebuilds Design Competition Awards.
The image depicts a watercolor illustration in the children’s book The Clean Green Neighborhood. The illustration shows five characters, each representing a trade union worker, and a community member, all standing behind a banner that reads “The Clean Green Neighborhood.” The trade union workers are wearing their job site protective equipment, including helmets and high-visibility vests. Using a large pair of red scissors, the community member is cutting the banner to celebrate the opening of the clean green neighborhood.
Picture of a page from The Clean Green Neighborhood children’s book. The page depicts watercolor illustrations of five workers with their equipment and tools. They are labeled as an autoworker from UAW Region 6, an electrical worker from IBEW Local 11, a pipefitter from UA, an operating engineer from IOUE Local 12, and a sheet metal worker from SMART Local 104 & 105.
A video explaining what a thermal energy network is, narrated by BDC's Thermal Energy Networks Research and Communications Manager, Jess Silber-Byrne.
Picture of a page from The Clean Green Neighborhood children's book. This page of the book shows a cutaway view of a house in the clean green neighborhood. You can see via the cutaway that the house has an EV being charged in its garage. On the house itself workers are installing solar panels on the house's roof. There is also a heat pump clothes dryer, a heat pump water heater, a ground-source heat pump in the house's basement, and an induction stove in the house's kitchen. The page also shows that the house's attic and walls are insulated, and that there are ducts that distribute hot and cool air from the ground source heat pump to rooms throughout the home.
Graphic welcoming Lydia Nelson, Senior Manager, Marketing and Outreach, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Lydia.
Graphic welcoming Julianne Waite, Associate Director, Integrated Marketing & Client Engagement—CA Heat Pump Partnership, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Arielle.
Graphic welcoming Javonne Lane, Senior Content Manager, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Javonne.
Graphic welcoming Arielle Metot, Contractor Agent Associate, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Arielle.
Picture of the California Heat Pump Partnership (CAHPP) Board and other people involved in the CAHPP.
A video of Yami Newell with the Building Decarbonization Coalition explaining that she just finished touring Local 150's training center, where they are doing local geothermal training right here in the state of Illinois. She also explains that geothermal is the cheapest way to heat and cool buildings, and that we want that technology and workforce to stay right here in the state. She notes that other states across the country are building out their geothermal plans, and Illinois is sending workers to them when it could be keeping them right here in Illinois. She asks people to please join me in supporting the Thermal Energy Networks and Jobs Act. She suggests they reach out to their legislators, reach out to their local community, and get folks excited about this. She says we have a huge opportunity to build out the geothermal workforce, build stronger economies, and have cheaper heating and cooling in our homes. She then thanks everybody for watching.
Picture of a bearded chef cooking on an induction stove with a title that says Grist 50 2025 above the picture.
Photo of the 60+ person BDC team from their last offsite meeting. Tinted yellow. It says "We're hiring!" in the left hand corner.
Graphic with a quote from Sacramento resident Cheryl Moore's letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee that says "Heat pumps save lives, reduce emissions and improve public health," and a photo of a heat pump with flowers near it.
Graphic that says on Wednesday, Sept 10, 2025 from 9:30 am to 10:45 am BDC's Brian Jenkins will be moderating a panel on New Jersey and Pennsylvania's Energy Efficiency Landscape at the Navigating Change: KEEA & EEA-NJ's 2025 Policy Conference.
BDC staff photographed at retreat.
Graphic describing the benefits of New York Adopting the strongest all-electric building code in the country. Has a picture of a heat pump and an induction stove. It says thanks to this new all-electric building code, we can build new housing for cheaper with lower utility bills, live in climate-resilient buildings that are safe during extreme weather events, have fossil fuel-free buildings with clean air, and tackle the climate emergency with lower building emissions.
Map showing that since 2020, 14 proceedings that BDC considers to address aspects of the “future of gas” have been opened across 12 states and D.C. Maryland is likely to open one in the near future, which would bring the total to 15. Currently, 10 are active, though not all have had recent activity.
Photo of Rachelle Boucher, on top of a modern kitchen graphic, with text that explains she will be speaking at SKS 2025 July 21-31
Graphic welcoming Diana Oh, Senior Software Engineer, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Diana.
Flyer on the Cash in on Clean Energy session. Includes the date of the event, which is Tuesday, June 24th at 9 am, the location, which is Prince George's Community College in Largo, MD, and the link to sign up for it. Has logos of organizations presenting at or sending representatives to the session, and a photo of someone installing a heat pump.
photo of Panama Bartholomy, Executive Director, BDC and graphic explaining he will be speaking at the CalCCA Annual Conference in April.
Photo of Malak Nasserddine of the Building Decarbonization Coalition, along with a graphic explaining she has been named one of City & State New York's Trailblazers in Clean Energy.
Photo of the Building Decarbonization Coalition's Ashley Besic with a graphic saying she is speaking at the Retrofit USA Conference in Austin, along with the dates of the conference and a discount code (SPKR15) for registering for the conference.
Photo of the Building Decarbonization Coalition staff.
Image welcoming Yassi Kavezade, new Associate Director of Campaigns and Policy, California, to the BDC team. Includes headshot of Yassi.
PA Governor Shapiro speaking at a podium while he unveils his "Lighting Energy Plan" with a quote from the governor saying, "My energy plan will power Pennsylvania forward by incentivizing the building of next-generation energy projects in the Commonwealth. We have to meet this moment."
Map of Neigborhood-Scale Decarbonization Sites in the United States and Canada.
Map showing utility interest in thermal energy networks. This includes states with gas utilities that are developing pilot thermal energy network pilots, as well as states with utilities that are part of the Utility NetGeo Coalition. A list of utilities that are developing these pilots or are part of the coalition is also provided.
A worker at the site of Eversource Energy’s networked geothermal pilot in Framingham, Mass., in September 2023.