Other Agencies and Other Organizations

The Advance Program ran from 2012 to 2025 and consisted of more than 600 programs to support efforts to attain and maintain the NAAQS. This website serves as a historical record of those plans. EPA is no longer updating program content as of June 12, 2025. 

Government

• Department of Energy DOE 
  • Building Technologies Office - The Building Technologies Office develops, demonstrates, and accelerates the adoption of cost-effective technologies, techniques, tools and services that enable high-performing, energy-efficient and demand-flexible residential and commercial buildings in both the new & existing buildings markets, in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized energy system by 2050, starting with a decarbonized power sector by 2035
  • The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is transforming energy through research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
    • Helping States and Local Communities Build Their Clean Energy Futures
    • Data and Tools
• Berkley Lab
• National Integrated Heat Heath Information Center NIHHIS - is an integrated system that builds understanding of the problem of extreme heat, defines demand for climate services that enhance societal resilience, develops science-based products and services from a sustained climate science research program, and improves capacity, communication, and societal understanding of the problem in order to reduce morbidity and mortality due to extreme heat. NIHHIS is a jointly developed system by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Non-Profit Organizations

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) - a nonprofit research organization, develops policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change.
  • The State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
• Rocky Mountain Institute  (RMI) - transforms the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
  • America is All In 
• The Water Research Foundation - is the world’s leading One Water research and innovation organization operating on six continents, whose mission is to advance the science of water to improve the quality of life.
  • Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC) - is a screening tool utilizing a lifecycle cost framework to support stormwater infrastructure decisions on extent and combinations of green, hybrid green-gray and gray infrastructure practices.