This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to study and report on: (1) the impact of state and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies, and associated building efficiency policies, for commercial and multifamily buildings; (2) the impact of programs and systems in which utilities provide aggregated information regarding whole building energy consumption and usage information to owners of multitenant buildings; and (3) the best practice policy approaches studied in those impact analyses that have resulted in the greatest improvements in building energy efficiency.
DOE may give grants to: (1) utilities, utility regulators, and utility partners to implement programs to provide aggregated whole building energy consumption information to multitenant building owners; and (2) states and local governments to implement benchmarking and disclosure policies for commercial and multifamily buildings.
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2015-04-30 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-166. | Senate |
2015-04-22 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
2015-04-22 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |
2015-04-22 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |