This was first posted on Feb 3, 2011 on a different, now discontinued blog.
President Obama has just announced the Better Buildings Initiative http://tinyurl.com/4peme4l The key parts of this initiative are:
- Achieve a 20 percent improvement in energy efficiency by 2020: Under the
President’s plan, by 2020, we will make commercial building space in the United States
20 percent more energy efficient through cost-effective upgrades. - Reduce companies’ and business owners’ energy bills by about $40 billion per year:
By making buildings more energy efficient we will save business owners money by
reducing their energy bills by about $40 billion at today’s prices. That money that can be
put to better use hiring more workers, inventing new products, and creating shareholder
value. - Save energy by reforming outdated incentives and challenging the private sector to
act: The President is calling for an aggressive reform of existing tax and other incentives
for commercial building retrofits and proposing a new competitive grant program. In
turn, he is asking corporate leaders to commit to making progress toward his energy
goals.
This is an exciting day for USGBC and all those that care about the environment!
How do you accomplish this? Check out USGBC resource: Commercial Real Estate
