They are designed to improve the energy efficiency in existing buildings, to reduce energy bills for residential and commercial buildings, to create jobs in building construction and building-related manufacturing sectors.
Bingaman outlines the purpose of the legislative proposals being discussed.
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In the end, we cannot, and we should not, expend resources on every known vulnerability: it would just be too expensive.
While election year politics will keep this legislation from being enacted in this Congress, I hope it will serve as a foundation for passing legislation perhaps in the next Congress.
In the Senate I work to advance policies to reduce greenhouse gases about 20 clean energy sources and greater efficiency.
Measure energy savings for retrofits compared to the existing building's baseline.
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