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- In the United States, a lot of energy efficiency work is focused on total building energy use, and the trick to decarbonization is to focus on the thermal performance of a building. In the American code were actually missing the thermal bridge mitigation, ventilation air, energy recovery, quality envelope. Recently year,  the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a building energy code which allows municipalities within Massachusetts to mandate Passive House for new residential buildings.  Here read more about [[municipalities:Massachusettes| Masschusetts]]
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+=====  Municipalities lead the way: examples and case studies =====
+The international Passive House Association (iPHA) has assembled a list of cities and administrative districts that stipulate the Passive House standard in their building regulations. The list also includes details on financial support available for Passive House projects in certain countries. Read more on iPHA's collection on[[https://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=501
+|Passive House Legislation & Funding]]
+Some examples are documented in more detail here on Passipedia:
+  * The Commonwealth of **Massachusetts** in the US has a building energy code which allows municipalities within Massachusetts to mandate Passive House for new residential buildings.  Read more about [[policy:Massachusettes|Mandatory Passive House – The Massachusetts Story]].
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