The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) was just awarded $25 million to help carry out energy-efficient retrofits to commercial and residential buildings in northeastern Illinois, and our colleagues at CNT Energy played a major role in authoring the original proposal. Big-time congrats to the Center for Neighborhood Technology!
Excerpted from the White House’s media release:
Vice President Biden will today kick off five days of Administration events around the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with the announcement of the selection of 25 communities for up to $452 million in Recovery Act funding to “ramp-up” energy efficiency building retrofits. Under the Department of Energy’s Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative, communities, governments, private sector companies and non-profit organizations will work together on pioneering and innovative programs for concentrated and broad-based retrofits of neighborhoods and towns – and eventually entire states. These partnerships will support large-scale retrofits and make energy efficiency accessible to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and businesses. The models created through this program are expected to save households and businesses about a $100 million annually in utility bills, while leveraging private sector resources, to create what funding recipients estimate at about 30,000 jobs across the country during the next three years.
