Dec. 16, 2013: Better Buildings Challenge Expanded to Include Multifamily Housing
In Addition to Commercial and Industrial Buildings, Multifamily Now Part of Challenge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have expanded the Better Buildings Challenge to multifamily housing such as apartments and condominiums and launched the Better Buildings Accelerators to support state- and local government-led efforts to cut energy waste and eliminate market and technical barriers to greater building efficiency.
The Obama Administration also announced it will challenge federal agencies to further expand their use of performance contracts through 2016 to improve the energy efficiency of federal buildings, using the guaranteed energy savings to pay for the efficiency upgrades.