
POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The pursuit of energy efficiency in commercial and multifamily buildings would lead to more than 114,000 new jobs in many industries hard hit by the recession. The President’s Better Buildings Initiative seeks to tap into that job creation potential with a suite of policies designed to encourage the pursuit of energy efficiency…
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Tags: BBI, Better Buildings Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, PERI, Political Economy Research Institute, RER, The Real Estate Roundtable, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC
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