Posted on 12/07/2022 11:54:04 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a new building performance standard that would require federal agencies to slash energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30% of their building space by the end of the decade.
The move is the latest push by the White House to curb fossil fuel use in residential and commercial buildings, which comprise about 12% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Energy used in federal buildings for space heating, water heating, cooking and other needs comprise more than 25% of federal emissions, the White House said.
The agency estimates that the reductions requirements would save $8 million each year in upfront equipment costs and would reduce carbon emissions from federal buildings by 1.86 million metric tons and methane emissions by 22.8 thousand tons over the next 30 years — roughly equivalent to the emissions generated by nearly 300,000 homes in one year.
Officials said the standard would move forward President Joe Biden’s plan to decarbonize the economy by 2050 and achieve a 100% clean electricity grid by 2035.
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Another “Waste Money” program
Any excuse for unaccountable federal spending.
Now coming: the new Joe Biden Freeze-In-The-Dark Implementation of Communism Federal Building!
How about this? Lay-off the lazy ass government employees who occupy those buildings and cut the budget. Government employees don’t build anything. They are a waste product of society. Perhaps they could have a little self respect by working in the private sector.
These Buffoons never say what their goal is...
Right now our atmosphere is .04-06 of 1% CO2...
Without CO2 no plants, without plants, no animals or food to eat...
Then build or modify an existing building close by with boilers, sub stations, backup generators, and 100 ton air conditioning units, to heat, cool, and light, the desired office building, showing off their green eco-friendly taxpayer funded window dressings while just obtaining your real energy from the building down the street.
Carter made a lot of contractors very wealthy.
Joe, start with the White House.
Easy to do.
Simply do not allow any DEMOCRATS IN THEM.....................
They did a garden roof on one of our buildings locally and then realized that there was too much “load” on the roof and collapse was imminent.
Ja krimineller Anführer
These idiots keep wanting everyone to use electric for everything, including appliances, heating, etc. But have yet to show me how they can provide the necessary electricity for all that. They also don’t take into account the fact that when you generate electricity, hundreds of miles away, you lose a portion of it due to transmission loss. As an example, if you heat a new building using natural gas, unless there’s a leak, you won’t lose any weight capacity in the distribution piping.
I have an easy way. Fire 98% of the parasites.
The answer here is right in front of us, we don’t need no more stinkin fed buildings.
It’s comin folks………I Can’t Drive 55 !
No concept of what money is.
I work in aviation, at an airport where the local FAA FSDO (Flight Standards District Office) is; I haven’t seen our inspectors in person in two years because they’ve been working from home part time, if not full time. How many federal government employees are actually going to their respective offices these days as opposed to working from home. If nobody is going to be working these offices just turn down the thermostat, or just close the building for the majority of the week
China giggles.
They could probably lay off 90% for gov’t employees (and reduce emissions by 90%) and nobody would notice.
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