MassCEC accelerates the most impactful, resilient and cost-effective electrification technologies and approaches to decarbonizing the building sector through the Building Eletrification Transformation Accelerator (BETA) Program, comprised of the following: 

Decarbonization Pathways

Decarbonization Pathways is a MassCEC pilot that seeks to develop and test a home decarbonization assessment for single-family and low-rise (i.e., three stories or less) residential buildings. MassCEC also intends to offer incentives to help participants move forward with some or all of their decarbonization plan. 

EmPower Massachusetts

EmPower Massachusetts is an initiative aimed at the exploration, development, and implementation of program models or projects that provide access to the benefits of clean energy for previously underserved populations in the Commonwealth, including Environmental Justice renters, or communities disproportionately impacted by environemntal hazards. 

Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot

The Triple Decker Retrofit Pilot is a MassCEC pilot that will offer technical support, incremental financial incentives, and performance monitoring to implement high-efficiency, all-electric retrofits of triple deckers. The pilot will offer incentives to affordable housing and market rate triple deckers retrofitting the existing building or adding an additional unit. 

Passive House Design Challenge

MassCEC demonstrated that multi-family affordable housing that meets Passive House standards can be built at a low- to no-cost premium in Massachusetts. 

Triple Decker Design Challenge

The Triple Decker Design Challenge recieved proposals for replicable and scalable all-electric energy retrofit approaches for existing triple deckers. Proposals either retrofitted a typical triple decker using the existing building square footage or retrofitted a typical triple decker while also adding an additional unit.

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Clean Energy Lives Here

Learn about the technologies available to Massachusetts homeowners to save money on their energy bills while protecting the environment. 

Blog: Could Buildings Become A Solution to Global Warming? Addressing the Impacts of Embodied Carbon

Learn what embodied carbon is, it's role in the buildings sector, and how we can mitigate it. 

Blog: How MassCEC Supports The Reduction of Embodied Carbon

MassCEC is taking steps to reduce embodied carbon; learn about the innovation we have funded.