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Energy Efficiency Standards for Federal Buildings

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) establishes new energy efficiency goals for existing federal buildings. These standards increase by 2% each year in order to achieve a 20% increase in efficiency by 2015.

With these new standards come new benefits. Government facility managers now have the opportunity to reuse the budget dollars they save from increased energy efficiency.

Under the EPAct 2005 guidelines, federal agencies can now retain all savings from energy, water, and wastewater improvements, but must use these savings for energy, water, and wastewater improvements. Previously, all federal agencies, except for the Department of Defense, could only retain half of savings.