The City of Kansas City, Missouri has been awarded a $9,000,000 federal Project Grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The 6-year project aims to prepare the city and key stakeholders for the implementation of a Building Performance Standards (BPS) policy for existing buildings. Key project goals include forming a steering committee, completing baseline data collection and analysis, developing a comprehensive public and stakeholder outreach and engagement plan, and preparing a final BPS policy with accompanying resources. Specific objectives include conducting building assessments, providing workforce training support, establishing a communications strategy, and creating a monitoring plan to measure the progress and effectiveness of the BPS program. The project outcomes are expected to result in increased benchmarking, compliance, and enforcement, decreased energy use intensity and greenhouse gas emissions, and greater energy affordability and utilization of decarbonization pathways in the building sector.