U.S. Department of Energy announced a $225 million program to lower utility bills through more energy efficient building codes.
The department intends to provide the money to state and local government for expansion of the latest building energy codes and to support development of more energy efficient buildings, according to a July 21 news release.
"Raising the efficiency standard of America's new buildings will rapidly save Americans money on their utility bills and strengthen the nation’s building stock against extreme weather events," U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said in the release. "This investment will slash carbon emissions, grow the clean energy workforce and equitably deliver the benefits of modern buildings to our communities."
The money comes from last year's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will be distributed by DOE's Building Energy Codes: Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation Program, according to the news release. The program aims to expand building energy codes by support state and local efforts to implement and lower electricity costs for families and businesses. DOE hopes the program will save $138 billion in utility bills over the next three decades.
"$138 billion. That's up to how much Americans will save on utility bills over the next three decades from the $225M from #POTUS' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help states implement more efficient building codes," U.S. Department of Energy said in a July 21 post on Twitter.
