The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released two comprehensive resources designed to accelerate decarbonization of the world’s existing building stock.
 
The Decarbonization Blueprint: Reducing Emissions and Creating Value in Existing Buildings report and USGBC’s Corporate Practice Toolkit for High-Performance Buildings provide organizations with frameworks, data, and practical tools needed to transform real estate portfolios into high-performance, low-carbon assets.

The report further documents how performance-based frameworks deliver measurable emissions reductions, operational value, and long-term decarbonization outcomes at scale. It demonstrates that emissions reduction can be achieved and verified in diverse markets and building types, according to a USGBC news release.
 
The toolkit provides practical guidance and model language to help organizations implement policies, procurement decisions, and building-scale actions aligned with their real estate portfolio goals. The toolkit consists of the Corporate Policy Guide for High-Performance Buildings and the Corporate Procurement Guide for High-Performance Buildings.
 
The interactive toolkit helps companies set policies, identify strategies, and use sample language to scale portfolio-wide action toward corporate goals such as decarbonization and resilience. The toolkit covers topics such as green building certification, risk and resilience, decarbonization, energy and water, and indoor air quality. Guides feature peer examples to provide context and make the case to corporate leaders.