The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) is a program in the
United States
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, which provides
federal grants to units of
local government
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,
Indian tribe
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s,
states, and
territories
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to reduce
energy use
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Biology
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and
fossil fuel emissions
Emission may refer to:
Chemical products
* Emission of air pollutants, notably:
**Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue
** Exhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustion
** Emission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit rad ...
, and for improvements in
energy efficiency
Energy efficiency may refer to:
* Energy efficiency (physics), the ratio between the useful output and input of an energy conversion process
** Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed
** Mechanical efficiency, a ra ...
.
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Administration
The EECBG Program is administered by the
Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs in the
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy—EERE of the
United States Department of Energy—DOE.
Purpose
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants funding will support
energy audits and
energy efficiency retrofits in residential and commercial buildings, the development and implementation of advanced
building code
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s and inspections, and the creation of financial incentive programs for
energy efficiency
Energy efficiency may refer to:
* Energy efficiency (physics), the ratio between the useful output and input of an energy conversion process
** Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed
** Mechanical efficiency, a ra ...
improvements.
The grant funds could also go towards transportation programs that conserve energy, projects to reduce and capture
methane emissions
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from
landfills,
renewable energy installations on government buildings,
energy efficient traffic signal
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s and
street lights, combined heat and power systems,
district heating and cooling systems, and other projects.
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Legislation
The Program was authorized in Title V, Subtitle E of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
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(EISA), and
signed into
Public Law (PL 110-140) on December 19, 2007. The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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appropriated $3.2 billion for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program.
See also
*
General Services Administration
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*
Index—Energy conservation
References
External links
official Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program website
— the U.S. EERE (Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is an office within the United States Department of Energy. Formed from other energy agencies after the 1973 energy crisis, EERE is led by the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency an ...
) Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs website.
Energy conservation in the United States
Grants (money)
Renewable energy organizations based in the United States
United States Department of Energy
Government programs