Working with Trusted Local Organizations to Address Impediments to Cost-Effective and Holistic Building Performance Improvements
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OSTI ID:2541601
Commercial buildings are at the heart of any community. Investments towards the health and performance of community buildings can support a wide range of critical community and individual benefits; however, many buildings have been left behind in these investments due to a spectrum of barriers, especially those located in underserved communities. This portfolio of work stands with the intent that if we can create solutions to support the hardest-to-reach commercial buildings in gaining equitable access to energy efficiency, zero energy, and zero carbon solutions, we can support all commercial buildings with these goals. To understand success and barriers, and identify new, innovative, and impactful solutions, NREL is taking a four-part approach to: 1. Develop a methodology for defining affordability in commercial buildings and understand its impact on underserved communities, 2. Work with trusted, local organizations to address barriers that impede access to cost-effective, holistic, building performance improvements, 3. Support minority-focused developer incubator programs for, and within, underserved communities, and 4. Identify overlapping value streams that support underserved community and utility needs.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 2541601
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/PO-5500-86018; MainId:86791; UUID:d0d189d8-2b7e-4157-abf1-aa82a906870c; MainAdminId:76444
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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