CPRG Selected Applications by Sector - Buildings
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The residential and commercial buildings sector includes direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from onsite burning of fossil fuels at homes and businesses and indirect emissions from the generation, transmission and distribution of the electricity that buildings use. It includes all the buildings that we live, work and recreate in.
- In 2022, direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions from homes and businesses accounted for 31% of GHG emissions in the U.S.
- Fifty-seven percent of those emissions were associated with electricity use, while 43% were direct emissions from onsite fossil fuel burning, such as for heating and cooking.
The following selected applications include proposed projects in the buildings sector:
- Central Midlands Council of Governments (South Carolina)
- City of New Haven (Connecticut)
(Coalition Members: New Haven Parking Authority, Housing Authority of New Haven) - City of New Orleans (Louisiana)
- Colorado Energy Office
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
(Coalition Members: Maine Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources) - Denver Regional Council of Governments (Colorado)
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- King County (Washington)
- Metroplan (Arkansas)
(Coalition Members: City of Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission) - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
- Nez Perce Tribe
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Southeast Conference (Alaskan Southern Coastal Communities)
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality
![Describes greenhouse gas emissions from the buildings sector and includes ways for governments to reduce these emissions and the benefit to the public.](/system/files/styles/large/private/images/2024-07/cprg-commercial-and-residential-buildings.png?itok=cA5oS5t3)
View or download the CPRG Sector Infographic - Buildings (pdf) or view the text version.
About Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
Authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program provides nearly $5 billion in grants for states, local governments, Tribes, and territories to develop and implement ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution and benefit low income and disadvantaged communities.
More Information
- Refer to CPRG Implementation Grants: General Competition Selections information.
- Refer to the listing of selected applications.
- Refer to EPA's Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.