Build Energy Efficiency Campaign Package
This campaign one pager and accompanying fact sheets explain the Build Energy Efficiency campaign and explore the role of energy efficiency in various economic sectors and on the state level.
Campaign One Pager
Build Energy Efficiency: An Education and Outreach Campaign
Why Energy Efficiency?
At a time when people are looking for ways to save money, energy efficiency is an empowering choice and smart investment of American’s federal tax dollars. Energy efficiency is the quickest, cleanest, and most cost effective way to meet America’s energy needs.
Efficiency gains, along with structural changes in the economy made over the past three decades offset the need for over 70 quadrillion Btus of energy annually—an amount equivalent to half of the nation’s total annual energy consumption. This has created approximately $700 billion in savings for businesses and taxpayers alike. Further reducing energy waste will strengthen local economies, create jobs, give a competitive edge to American manufacturers, lower housing and transportation costs, and enhance the nation’s energy security.
New Congress, New Opportunities
Energy efficiency is a non-partisan issue that members on both sides of the aisle can embrace, because it gives all constituents financial relief. The 112th Congress presents a unique opportunity for energy efficiency legislation. The large number of freshman lawmakers in the 112th Congress, as well as turnover on key committees with jurisdiction over energy policy, necessitates a concerted education and outreach campaign to persuade these Members to champion energy efficiency policies.
Energy efficiency is an affordable way to meet our shared energy needs, economic aspirations, security imperatives and environmental goals. Recent legislative activity demonstrates that energy efficiency has the potential to move forward as a bipartisan solution in the 112th Congress.
Message
The112th Congress has an opportunity to advance energy efficiency legislation and provide Americans with the benefits of a domestically produced “resource.”
- Energy efficiency saves American consumers and businesses money;
- Energy efficiency creates domestic jobs; and
- Energy efficiency makes our country more secure by reducing our reliance on imported energy.
Strategy
The one-year campaign will build support for energy efficiency in the new Congress in order to enact significant energy efficiency legislation. The campaign will utilize congressional outreach, seminars, hearings, congressional field trips, consumer involvement, and new research and advocacy materials, for the following purposes:
- To research and develop messages and supporting information on the benefits of energy efficiency policies targeted towards key members of Congress;
- To develop a base of key Republican and Democratic champions for energy efficiency policies; and
- To build support for energy efficiency policies from the public, businesses, and other stakeholders in targeted states and districts.
Together, we can ensure that the 112th Congress achieves a forward thinking, effective energy policy which fully utilizes energy efficiency to make the United States a safer and more prosperous nation.
Campaign Steering and Coordination Council
Alliance to Save Energy
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Council of NAIMA
Energy Future Coalition
National Association of State Energy Officials
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Dow Chemical Company
United Technologies Corporation
Campaign Members
American Gas Association
American Institute of Architects
Building Codes Assistance Project
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Cascade Associates
CMC Energy Services
Conservation Service Group
Danfoss
Dell
Direct Energy
Dunlap & Browder
Electric Power Research Institute
Gaia Group PR, LLC
Habitat for Humanity International
Ingersoll Rand/Trane
ITI
NAIMA
National Association for State Community Services Programs
PG&E
Rebuilding Together
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
