Energy Future Coalition

Senator Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued a statement in support of Building STAR after the committee met to discuss the proposal on March 11.

Building STAR was highlighted at a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing today on creating jobs through energy efficient retrofits.

Proposed federal energy efficiency jobs provisions, including Building STAR, could create 333,000 jobs in 2010, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

On Thursday, March 11, at 10:00am EST, Building STAR will be one of the features in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to review job-creating legislation related to energy efficient building retrofits.

Senator Jeff Merkley recently introduced job creation legislation to spur owners to retrofit their commercial buildings with energy efficient roofing, lighting, heating, and cooling systems.

Insulation plant tour demonstrates how cutting energy waste creates jobs and benefits North Carolina workers and industry

An unprecedented business-labor-NGO coalition is joined by Congressmen to unveil initiative to retrofit 50 million buildings by 2020.

Report Shows Net Returns Positive under Properly Constructed Cap-and-Trade Program

The Coalition joined a group of nearly 200 businesses, environmental groups, civil rights organizations, and unions to recommend that the Senate EPW committee allocate carbon credits for energy efficiency.

America is losing its competitive edge in the race for clean energy technologies.