Allows homeowners to take an income tax deduction (up to $1000, or $2000 for couples) of the cost of home energy audits and associated energy efficiency improvements.
Provides attractive, long-term financing to municipalities and quasi-public agencies to finance energy retrofits in public buildings that will result in electric and heating savings greater than 20%.
The Hawaii Dept. of Transportation completed a $245M contract for deep energy efficiency retrofits, the largest single-state ESPC in the US, with Johnson Controls.
Calls for high performance energy use targets in remodels of all existing state buildings, a ten year plan to maximize energy efficiency in all affordable housing stock, and Energy Trust pilot programs.
Directs the Greening Government Leadership Council to work with all executive state agencies and departments to reduce weather normalized energy consumption per square foot by at least 2 percent annually.
Explains the steps that California must take to ensure that electrification helps close the clean energy gap and provides relief to millions of residents facing energy insecurity in the current system.
Outlined public-sector policies for energy efficiency in multifamily rental housing and nongovernmental investments in EE for multifamily rental housing as key factors for preserving affordable character of public housing stock.
Authorized $500,000 annually to the Center for Sustainable Building Research for, among other tasks, the “development and delivery of training programs for architects, engineers, commissioning agents, technicians," and others.
In addition to benchmarking requirements for private buildings, Washington’s State Energy Benchmark Law (2009) put in place strict requirements for public buildings, including mandatory investment-grade energy audits.
In addition to benchmarking requirements, Hawaii’s HB 1464 requires retrocommissioning on public buildings at least every five years.