Twelve program partners met their energy or water savings goals this year
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz recently announced that 12 partners in the DOE’s Better Buildings, Better Plants program have met their energy or water savings goals this year, and 30 new partners have joined the program, representing significant growth for the program to accelerate progress in energy and water savings. Since President Barack Obama launched the Better Buildings, Better Plants program five years ago, partners have saved more than $3 billion in cumulative energy costs.
The Better Buildings, Better Plants Program is part of the broader Better Buildings Initiative, launched in 2011. The goal of the Better Buildings program is to make commercial, public, industrial, and residential buildings 20 percent more energy efficient 10 years from when partners join the program.