Leading commercial building owners have set carbon goals, often citing carbon neutrality in the next 10 to 30 years. Retrofitting building to achieve carbon neutrality is daunting, yet most organizations would rather invest in their assets than buy offsets or invest in someone else’s assets. Energy efficiency is an effective way to “slow the meter” and achieve zero carbon. A group of 20 organizations across the commercial buildings and public sectors have committed a total of 43 existing buildings to pursue tangible and substantial progress in decarbonization. DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative is supporting industry leaders to create action plans based on a common template that will result in substantially lower carbon emissions. This session will discuss the steps to create the action plans, cite examples of current action plans, and show viable pathways to reduce carbon in ways that make business sense to the building owners. Tools will be provided to help design teams and owners chart a pathway for buildings to substantially reduce energy consumption as buildings move towards carbon neutrality.