Project Grant DESE0001541

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $20,000,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the Colorado Energy Office. The grant's goal is to accelerate the adoption and implementation of Building Performance Standards (BPS) in Colorado, with a focus on providing technical assistance and resources to under-resourced communities and buildings within the jurisdictions of the project partners (Colorado Energy Office, City of Aspen, City of Boulder, and City of Fort Collins).

Over the 6-year grant period from July 2025 to June 2031, the project will: 1) Develop a definition of under-resourced buildings (URBs) and identify specific URBs within the partner jurisdictions; 2) Deliver assistance programs including navigator services for financial assistance, energy audit services, and roadmap assessment services to at least 900 URBs; and 3) Continue program delivery and identify self-sustaining opportunities to maintain successful BPS implementation after the project's completion. These efforts aim to increase compliance with Colorado BPS and specific local jurisdictional BPS, with a focus on assisting URBs.