Federal Building Fossil Fuel Performance Standards (DOE)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-09-02 — Repeal of Fossil Fuel Restrictions for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings: cross-connection with fossil-fuel-restrictions-federal-buildings: Both pages track the same DOE Clean Energy Rule regime for federal buildings; the compliance stay affects the performance standards’ effective deadlines and may warrant consolidation. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-04-27 — Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act: HR4690 (Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act) introduced to repeal DOE energy-efficiency performance standards phasing out fossil-fuel use in new and majorly renovated federal buildings by FY2030, and to bar green-building certification systems from denying certification solely on the basis of fossil-fuel consumption. (novelty: 2)