Federal Buildings Initiative
About Us
The FBI assists federal departments and agencies reduce energy and water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in their facilities. The FBI is a voluntary program developed and administered by NRCan that addresses three common barriers to improving energy efficiency:
- inadequate capital budgets for energy efficiency projects;
- the need for reliable information on current energy technology and practices; and
- the lack of required skills to manage retrofits.
The FBI provides the products and services its clients need to identify and exploit energy efficiency opportunities. Under the FBI's innovative saving financing arrangement, clients have the option of overcoming tight capital budgets by transferring the up-front expense and risk of projects to pre-qualified energy management firms. Following energy efficiency retrofits, departments or agencies pay the lower bills that result to utility companies and then pay their energy management firms the savings that result until project costs are recovered. Future savings are retained by the client.
Federal departments and agencies can count on the FBI for reliable information. Publications and advice including sample tender documents are available to help clients build successful partnerships with energy management firms. In addition, the FBI is a great source of information on energy efficiency-related environmental, health and safety issues. Through employee awareness products and training workshops, employees can acquire the skills they require to work effectively with energy management firms for maximum results or to manage successful energy improvement projects in-house.
Through the FBI, retrofits of 7500 federal buildings and other facilities have been initiated and registered, reducing greenhouse gas emissions significantly and generating annual savings of $33 million. FBI projects are helping the environment by reducing the risk of climate change and promoting healthier, more productive workplaces.
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