Building Codes | - 30% energy savings target after enactment
- 50% energy savings target by 2014 (residential), 2015 (commercial)
- Additional 5% reduction target every three years after meeting 50% target
| - 30% energy savings target for buildings built to a code released during or after 2010
- 50% energy savings target for buildings built to a code released during or after 2016
| | - 30% energy savings target by 2012
- 50% energy savings target by 2015 (residential), 2017 (commercial)
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- (Targets are relative to the 2006 IECC (residential) and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004 (commercial) codes.)
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Building Retrofits | - Federal support through allowance allocations to State Energy and Environment Development (SEED) accounts for states complying with building codes
- Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program for existing buildings funded with allowances to SEED accounts
- Building energy performance and labeling program
- Manufactured Home Replacement Program provides rebates for new, Energy-Star manufactured homes
| - Grants to states for building energy efficiency measures and for revolving finance fund supporting such measures
- Building energy performance and labeling program
| | - Financial assistance to owners for energy efficiency measures and on-site renewable energy generation systems in buildings
- Annual target energy efficiency retrofit rates (5% for homes and 2% for commercial buildings)
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Appliance Standards | - Best-in-class appliances deployment program rewards retailers for increasing sales of efficient products
- Rating system for Energy Star products to provide information on relative energy efficiency
- New energy conservation standards for a range of products
| - Energy Star products must be reviewed every three years or when market share reaches 35%
- New energy conservation standards for a range of products
- Motor efficiency rebate program
- Various appliance efficiency related studies
| | - Requires DOE to set energy conservation standards for each type/class of covered equipment and amends the definition of covered industrial equipment by including “other equipment” as a category
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Federal Energy Efficiency | | - Federal agencies to choose contractors for energy saving performance contracts in a competitive manner
- Federal agencies to implement a strategy for energy-efficient information and communication technologies
- Expands utility incentive program eligibility to Independent System Operators, State agencies, tribes, and third party entities
- National energy efficiency improvement goals
| | - Federal buildings to meet or exceed national building performance standards
- Not less than 95% of a federal agency’s new contracts must procure an Energy Star or FEMA product (or a similarly rated product) or a designated innovative product
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Smart Grid Advancement | - Smart Grid Advancement provisions including assessment of smart-grid cost effectiveness of products and including smart grid information labels
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Rural Energy Savings | | | - Low-interest loan program for rural communities to finance energy efficiency projects, with funding through allocations
| - Low-interest loan program for rural communities to finance energy efficiency projects, with direct funding
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State Partnership Industrial Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Program | | | | - Partially federally funded revolving loan program for commercial and industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy intensity
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Zero Net Energy Buildings | | - Residential High-Performance Zero-Net-Energy Buildings Initiative which aims to promote relevant technologies and strategies.
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Other Energy Efficiency | - State Energy and Environment Development Accounts (SEED) with allowances allocated to SEED for energy efficiency programs
| - Grant program for energy-efficiency programs in multifamily buildings and manufactured housing
- Grants to institutions of higher education to establish building training and assessment centers
| - National Industrial Innovation Institute to focus on energy efficiency R&D projects
| - No additional major energy efficiency measures
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