Over $80 Million Awarded to Energy Improvement Innovations Nationwide

摘要

On August 13 the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) awarded $82.6 million in funding to 44 projects. This is in response to an effort to lower Americans' energy bills and help meet President Biden's goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 by investing in new energy-efficient building technologies, construction practices and the U.S. buildings-sector workforce. "Americans spend about $100 billion every year on wasted energy from buildings, heating and cooling units, and more, increasing energy bills and needless emissions that dirty our air and worsen the climate crisis," says Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. "By pursuing advancements that make both existing and newly constructed buildings more energy efficient, we can save consumers money and reduce the climate impacts of the places [where] we live and work."