U.S. House of Representatives passes energy efficiency bill with bipartisan support

6 March 2014 Geoff Zeiss

Yesterday with bipartisan support the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 2126) which was sponsored by Representatives David McKinley (R) and Peter Welch (D).  The bill includes several energy efficiency provisions

  • The Better Buildings Act to encourage commercial building tenants to save energy through a “Tenant Star” recognition program and green leases
  • A provision to encourage benchmarking and public disclosure of energy use in commercial buildings – I’ve blogged about six U.S. cities that have already mandated energy benchmarking for certain types of buildings
  • The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act for federal agencies to implement energy-saving information technologies in Fedreal buildings and data centers
  • A provision to address concerns that rural electric coops had that recent efficiency standards for water heaters could interfere with their use in demand response programs

The latest version (S.  2074) of the Senate’s Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill, which also enjoys bipartisan support, apparently includes these provisions among other efficiency measures.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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