The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG)
Program is a new program designed to implement energy
efficiency and conservation projects. It was modeled
after the Community Development Block Grant program
administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and is intended to assist local and
state governments projects and programs that will:
- Reduce fossil fuel emissions;
- Reduce the total energy use of the eligible
entities;
- Improve energy efficiency in the transportation,
building, and other appropriate sectors; and
- Create and retain jobs.
The City of Arlington has proposed to utilize its
portion of the funding for a mixture of activities that
will save taxpayer dollars by making municipal
facilities and commercial buildings more energy
efficient, fund pilot projects designed to reduce fossil
fuel usage, and make an investment in the future by
developing greener building codes.
