rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/building-decarb-2026?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-building-decarb-2026' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Climate Action RI https://actionnetwork.org/groups/climate-action-ri https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/446/328/normal/Copy_of_2025_CARI_Events_(27).png Buildings are one of the largest sources of pollution in Rhode Island. Right now, there are two bills you can support that would require large buildings to track their energy use and meet performance standards over time, cutting pollution and lowering energy costs! We’ve drafted a message you can send to your Senator, Val Lawson, the Senate President. Please take a moment to tell her why this bill is important to you. Personalizing it makes it more impactful! We believe these bills have a chance of passing, and now is the critical time in the legislative session to voice your support. If you take one action this week, make it this one! To learn more about these bills, check out an explainer document here. These bills form a package, and in previous years were put forward as one bill—the “Building Decarbonization Bill”. They are still both needed to make an impact on our buildings emissions. Step 1. Benchmarking: Requires owners of large buildings to provide energy use data to an automated database. Understanding energy usage is the first step toward building efficiency. Step 2. Performance Standards: Requires OER to use the benchmarking data to set emissions reduction requirements for each building, phased in over 20 years. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/building-decarb-2026