Better Buildings Challenge Saves $840 Million in Energy Costs, Adds New Water Savings Goal | Department of Energy

Better Buildings Challenge Saves $840 Million in Energy Costs, Adds New Water Savings Goal | Department of Energy

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Partners Continue to Lead in Efficiency, Reach New Levels of Energy Savings

WASHINGTON – As part of the Administration’s effort to advance energy
efficiency and combat the harmful effects of climate change, Better
Buildings Challenge partners have cut energy waste by 94 TBTUs since
President Obama first launched the challenge in 2011. The energy savings
announced today have saved partners a total of $840 million dollars in
energy costs and avoided 6 million tons of harmful carbon emissions,
equivalent to cutting the emissions of 1 million cars. To continue this
progress, the Energy Department is expanding the Better Buildings
Challenge to include water savings goals and Senior Advisor to the
President Brian Deese today called on existing partners to recruit one
new partner to join the program and set a goal of reducing energy use
across their respective building portfolios by at least 20 percent in
the next 10 years, effectively doubling down on Better Buildings.