The City of Houston and the U.S. Department of Energy announced today that the city has joined the Better Building Challenge and has pledged a 20% reduction by 2020 in 30 million square feet of public and private buildings. The U.S. DOE press release can be found here:
Houston joins 60 other cities and corporations in joining the BBC, adding to the BBC’s total of 1.6 billion square feet pledged to date. While already undergoing an extensive efficiency retrofit program in its own buildings, by pledging to the BBC, Houston can apply for some of the program’s $4 billion in private and public funds to further its efforts.