BREAKING NEWS: At Peter’s Urging, Obama Doubles Energy Efficiency Initiative for Federal Buildings In Mountain View, CA today, President Obama announced an expanded #energyefficiency initiative that Peter has championed in Congress. Over the next two years the federal government will double from $2 billion to $4 billion the amount of energy efficiency work being performed in federal buildings around the country. The initiative utilizes a public/private partnership known as “performance contracting” to retrofit federal buildings around the country at no additional cost to the taxpayer. This is what Peter had to say after the President’s announcement: “I appreciate the President’s strong leadership on energy efficiency and applaud him for leading by example. The federal government is the largest energy user in the country and I’m pleased that he set a high-bar today for energy efficiency savings,” said Welch. “The report on #climatechange released earlier this week should put to rest the theoretical debate over the existence of climate change and clearly cites energy efficiency as a way to mitigate its impact.” The federal government owns or operates nearly three billion square feet of building space and annually spends over $6 billion to heat and cool federal facilities.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 17:48:45 +0000
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