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Resource Library

Your Comprehensive Guide to Building Performance Standards Implementation in California

This Resource Library provides curated tools, guidance, and technical resources to support every stage of your building performance journey. Whether you're a building owner seeking compliance guidance, a municipality developing policy, or a professional advising clients, our organized resource categories help you find exactly what you need.

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Foundations - Our 101 series on the connection between buildings and climate change, high performance buildings, Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies, and Benchmarking and BPS policies in California. Get started here.

Building Performance and Decarbonization Guide - A step-by-step guide for building owners and property managers to start planning strategic investments in their buildings to improve efficiency and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. Check out the Guide.

Benchmarking Tools - To help building owners and managers prepare, USGBC California has partnered with Measurabl, the industry’s leading sustainability data platform, to provide a free building benchmarking solution with onboarding support through the Building Performance Hub. Learn more here.

Interactive Support Agent - Our Building Support Agent provides answers to common questions, navigation help, and personalized resource recommendations. It also helps with content generation to include in your reports and presentations. It’s available from any page on this site, and directly with some overview and context here.

Help Desk & Training - The hub provides tailored guidance for property managers, contractors, residents, local government representatives, and other stakeholders with role-specific tools and information in a variety of forms including our Help Desk and training courses. Office hours are coming soon.

Funding & Financing - A guide to sources of financing, rebates, incentives, and tax credits to support building improvements. Learn more here.

We recommend start by exploring the category most relevant to your immediate needs.

Want help navigating? Our AI-powered Building Support Agent is also available on every page (see the circle button in the lower right corner) to provide instant assistance.

Building Owners & Property Managers

Access tools like the California Building Performance Calculator, financing guidance, case studies, and next-step checklists to meet BPS requirements.

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Contractors & Service Providers

Find compliance checklists, modeling guidance, and technology connections to help clients implement building performance standards.

Policymakers & Local Jurisdictions

Support policy development and BPS adoption with model ordinances, cross-jurisdiction templates, and tailored implementation guidance.

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Commercial & Residential Tenants

Get informed about relevant standards. Work with landlords, reduce energy costs, and advocate for healthier, more sustainable living / working environments