Enigin Update - U.S. National Energy Efficiency Standard Legislation Introduced
THE U.S. Senate has introduced a national energy efficiency legislation that will help the country move toward a national building code, finance energy efficiency upgrades and advance energy efficiency technologies.
The bipartisan bill, “The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011" is co-sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat, and Rob Portman, Republican.
In commenting on the bill, Shaheen said it would create "A national energy efficiency strategy which can make our economy more competitive, start addressing our nation's energy challenges and create private sector jobs today. It is effective, it is bipartisan and it is affordable."
The bill will support the development of National Model Building Codes. It will also amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of national model building energy codes, affecting the whole of the U.S.
The DOE would also establish goals of zero-net-energy for new commercial buildings by 2030, to be accomplished through a variety of policies.
The bill will also establish training centers to build an employment skillbase in efficient technologies, and the DOE would establish Building Training and Assessment Centers at institutions of higher education.
It also believed the bill will boost private sector investment in building energy efficiency upgrades by expanding the DOE Loan Guarantee programme.
It will also direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make zero-interest loans to rural public utilities and electric cooperatives to support low-interest energy efficiency loans for customers.
The bill will require federal agencies to use advanced tools that save energy, such as energy efficiency technology and power management tools.
Enigin Distributors across the States, and worldwide, have the energy efficiency technology from Enigin to enable businesses and the public sector to monitor, manage and save energy, money and greenhouse gas emissions.
Picture of US Capitol Building by Rob Crawley
