This FOA is intended to support a broad range of energy code activities and outcomes and will ensure the many known and quantifiable benefits of energy codes become a reality across the United States. This FOA seeks applications with project teams ready to advance building energy codes within a particular region, state, or local jurisdiction, and aims to achieve the following:

• Developing the next-generation workforce
• Facilitating energy code updates
• Improving energy code compliance
• Advancing new and innovative codes approaches and tools
• Increasing equity in codes and planning