Policy and Program Consulting

Policy and program consulting helps public agencies, utilities, and industry organizations turn building performance goals into requirements and programs that can work in practice. RDH brings a building science perspective to policy development, connecting ambitious goals with an understanding of how buildings actually perform and how the industry works.

Our work can begin with the technical research needed to shape a new policy or program and continue through implementation and evaluation.

• Code and standards support develops the technical basis for new or updated building performance requirements.
• Utility and incentive program support helps define performance requirements and practical approaches to implementation.
• Program monitoring and evaluation assesses whether programs are achieving their intended outcomes and identifies opportunities for refinement.
• Decarbonization and climate policy studies examine how building performance goals can be translated into practical policy and implementation pathways.