On June 23, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create one central resource state and school officials could use to find information on available federal programs and financing options for energy efficiency, distributed generation, and energy retrofitting projects for schools.
Despite receiving strong bipartisan support in the House, the bill, which could have an impact on commercial HVAC contractors who work with schools, now faces an uphill battle in the Senate.