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You are here: Home / Industry / President Obama Calls Out EE – “Not sexy” but the energy future

President Obama Calls Out EE – “Not sexy” but the energy future

February 8, 2011 By Brittany Quigley

Last Thursday, Feb. 3rd, President Obama addressed the new Penn State University energy efficiency center proposing a series of steps under a Better Buildings Initiative – a 20% improvement in building energy efficiency by 2020. The President proposed 5 initiatives including;

  • New tax incentives for energy efficiency
  • New financing opportunities for energy efficiency
  • “Race to Green” for local governments (patterned after Race to the Top)
  • Better Buildings Challenge
  • Training a commercial building technology workforce

See more at his address at the White House blog – www.whitehouse.gov/blog

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