Five Missing Pieces To Decarbonizing Today’s Housing Stock

As one of many actions to reach a net zero energy economy by 2050, the U.S. is finding ways to minimize the impact of existing housing, which is difficult because as a subset of the country’s overall decarbonization efforts, residential buildings have one of the most diverse existing landscapes.

Variety is the spice of life, but in the case of retrofit solutions to decarbonize housing, it’s not so charming. It demands individual attention by energy auditors and contractors and means that there can be no streamlined pathway to decarbonization with a good user experience for the pros that are required to do the work.