Tools for State, Local, and Tribal Governments

AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT)
Use this tool to estimate the emissions benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs.

Clean Energy Finance Tools and Resources
This page shares links to clean energy finance tools and resources, including our Clean Energy Financing Toolkit for Decisionmakers, which provides profiles of a dozen clean energy financing programs that state and local decisionmakers can use to identify, develop, or revise state and local clean energy financing programs by providing examples across jurisdictions and access to more detailed programmatic resources.

CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Screening Model
A tool that helps state and local governments estimate and map the air quality, human health, and related economic benefits of clean energy policies and programs.

Energy Savings and Impacts Scenario Tool (ESIST)
Use this tool to analyze energy savings, costs, and impacts resulting from customer-funded energy efficiency programs.

Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
Use this calculator to translate abstract greenhouse gas measurements into concrete terms you can understand, such as the annual emissions from cars, households, or power plants.

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tools
EPA offers three inventory tools -  State Inventory and Projection Tool, Local Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool, and Tribal Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool.

Health Benefits per-Kilowatt Hour Values
Use these values to estimate the outdoor air quality-related public health benefits of investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Home Heating Fuel Use Web Application
This EPA Web Application helps users visualize and analyze residential heating fuel use patterns. It displays American Community Survey 2021 5-year average home heating fuel data for all census tracts in the U.S. This information can be useful for targeting outreach related to energy efficiency, residential electrification, wood stove change-outs and more.

Tool Finder for Local Government Clean Energy Initiatives
Use this filter to find the right tools and resources to help measure the emissions, energy, and economic impacts of your local government’s energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation, and waste programs.

Tool Finder for Electrification Initiatives
Use this filter to find the right tools and resources to help measure the environmental and economic impacts of current and prospective electrification initiatives.

Benefits Calculator (xls) (2.64 MB)
This calculator from the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency provides a simplified tool to demonstrate the business case for energy efficiency from the perspective of the consumer, the utility, and society.

Building Upgrade Value Calculator
Use this ENERGY STAR calculator to analyze the financial value of efficiency-related capital investments in commercial real estate. It allows you to calculate the costs and benefits of base building energy efficiency measures for both the owner and each tenant. The results are presented in both summary outputs and customized letters to owners and tenants.

Cash Flow Opportunity Calculator
This ENERGY STAR calculator helps inform strategic decisions about financing energy efficiency projects. Using the tool, you will be able to estimate how much new equipment you can finance using anticipated savings, as well whether you should finance now or wait for a lower interest rate.

Financial Value Calculator
This ENERGY STAR calculator helps you quantify the value of improvements in energy efficiency to your organization. The calculator uses the prevailing price/earnings ratio to estimate the market value of increased earnings that can result from increased energy efficiency.

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager is an interactive resource management tool that enables you to track and assess energy and water use across an entire portfolio of buildings. It can help you implement an energy management program, from setting a baseline and identifying which buildings to target to setting goals and tracking improvements.

Target Finder
This EPA calculator helps architects, engineers, and property owners and managers assess the energy performance of commercial building designs and existing buildings.