Looking for Midwest BDC member resources (like our event form, member logo, and staff office hours)? Find them here! For general decarbonization resources, toolkits, webinar recordings, outreach tools - keep reading.
Downloadable Resources
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![Cover image for the 2025 Legislative Guide titled "Know Before You Go," featuring a man with sunglasses in a yellow jacket shouting into a megaphone, with a stylized illustration of the US Capitol and a logo of the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition.]()
Know Before You Go
Designed to help you understand the legislative landscape in your state. It will prepare you to engage with state legislators and decision makers on important and timely issues related to building decarbonization, as well as inform you about key bills to advocate and organize around.
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![Orange poster displaying the text 'Energy Code Advocacy Playbook' in large black and white letters. Small white text at the top left reads 'Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition'. White text at the bottom states 'Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition – September 2024'.]()
Energy Code Advocacy Playbook
This playbook gives step by step instructions for engaging with Energy Codes in the Midwest BDC region - and highlights case studies in Missouri, Illinois, and Minnesota.
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IRA Public Input Session General Talking Points Toolkit
Print off and use this toolkit to prepare talking points for your states public input session on the IRA’s Home Energy Rebate Program.
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IRA Public Input Sessions Health Talking Points Toolkit
This toolkit expands on our general IRA Public Input Session Talking Points with a specific focus on health data.
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Federal Grant Application Toolkit
This toolkit provides quick access links to information that will help you when applying for federal grants. What’s a Unique Entity Identifier and how do I get one? Where can I find grant opportunities that are a match for my organization? We answer these questions and more!
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Midwest BDC One-Pager (overview)
This one-pager shows a quick snapshot of what decarbonization is all about and how people can get involved with Midwest BDC. It is best to share with people who haven’t heard of decarbonization or the coalition before – print it off to share at community events!
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Midwest BDC One Pager (detailed)
This one-pager offers details on Midwest BDC’s mission, history, and theory of change. Print this off or share the link with folks interested in learning about Midwest BDC’s work and how they can get involved. (Updated May, 2024)
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10 Principles for Just Climate Change Policies in the U.S.
People of color, Indigenous Peoples, and low-income communities are the first to experience negative climate change impacts like heat death and illness, respiratory illness, infectious disease, and economic and cultural displacement. Climate policy must protect our most vulnerable communities.
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Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing
The Jemez meeting was hosted by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice with the intention of hammering out common understandings between participants from different cultures, politics and organizations. The following “Jemez Principles” for democratic organizing were adopted by the participants.
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Midwest BDC Land Acknowledgement
Our coalition’s standing land and enslaved peoples acknowledgment.
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![Cover page of the QAP Commenting Toolkit by Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, dated January 2023, with logos of Elevate and Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition.]()
QAP (Qualified Allocation Plan) Commenting Toolkit
This resource was developed by the Affordable Housing / QAP Working Group and Elevate to guide folks who would like to submit comments to their state’s QAP.
Recorded Trainings
Data Center Midwest Strategy Workship
This interactive strategy workshop convenes organizers, advocates, and partners from across the Midwest to explore how communities are responding to data center expansion and which state-level tactics are driving impact. Participants will share strategies to challenge harmful proposals, elevate community voices, and influence policy, while collectively mapping the roles of grassroots and grass tops actors and the power each holds. Through real-world examples and collaborative discussion, the session will highlight how influence moves across sectors and identify strategic opportunities to protect Midwestern communities. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of their role, actionable next steps, and a shared vision for a coordinated regional approach.
“Rewiring the Regulatory System: Data Centers, Utilities, and Energy Justice. Featuring members of the coalition. Executive Director, Marnese Jackson moderating panel discussion.
“Rewiring the Regulatory System: Data Centers, Utilities, and Energy Justice. Featuring members of the coalition. Executive Director, Marnese Jackson moderating panel discussion.