Preliminary Process and Market Evaluation: Better Buildings Neighborhood Program

Technical Report · Fri Dec 28 04:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219939· OSTI ID:1219939

Peters, Jane S. ^[1]

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1. Research Into Action, NMR Group, Inc., Portland, OR (United States)

This document presents the preliminary process and market evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Neighborhood Program (BBNP). The document was prepared in partial fulfillment of a contract with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to conduct a comprehensive program assessment of BBNP. BBNP is one of many programs funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funding initially targeted city and state governments, local neighborhood associations, nonprofits, colleges and universities, utilities, and financial institutions through the competitive Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program Retrofit Ramp-Up Solicitation. Initially DOE made 25 awards to local governmental or nonprofit organizations in amounts ranging from $1.2 to $40 million. Nine similar grantees from the Formula Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program and seven from the State Energy Program solicitation resulted in 41 Better Building grantees, with award allocations of $508,302,786 in funding for Better Buildings projects.

• Research Organization: Research Into Action, NMR Group, Inc., Portland, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• OSTI ID: 1219939
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
Better Buildings
Better Buildings Neighborhood Program
findings
impact evaluation
methodology
program evaluation