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12/6/12
More than 60 Better Buildings Challenge Partners and Allies met with Senior Administration and Department of Energy officials in Washington D.C. to discuss progress of the Better Buildings Initiative and share the broad array of implementation models and solutions offered by Better Buildings Challenge Partners in the program’s first year. Round table sessions also provided a forum for discussion and learning among business leaders on a wide range of cross market activities.

At the event, the Department of Energy released the 2012 Better Buildings Progress Report, which provides an update of the key strategies the Administration is using to overcome the barriers to energy efficiency, highlights the success of leading organizations in the Better Buildings Challenge, and shares the future plans for Better Buildings—providing a framework for meeting the goal of 20 percent savings by 2020.

09/2012
Sample coverage from media walk throughs at Better Buildings Challenge showcase facilities for SUPERVALU, U.C. Irvine, and HEI.

06/26/2012
Obama Administration Announces Major Steps Forward to Advance Energy Efficiency Efforts, Improve Access to Low-Cost Financing for States and Local Communities.

05/25/2012
City, Atlanta Gas Light Mark Achievements of Civic Center as part of the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge.

05/16/2012
Legrand Achieves Over 20 Percent Energy-Intensity Reduction in Presidential Challenge.

12/02/2011
We Can't Wait: President Obama Announces Nearly $4 Billion Investment in Energy Upgrades to Public and Private Buildings and launches the Better Buildings Challenge.

09/21/2011
President Obama discusses Better Buildings Challenge at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.

07/24/2011
Mayors Discuss Creating Jobs with the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

06/30/2011
Obama Administration Announces 14 Initial Partners in the Better Buildings Challenge

02/03/2011
President Obama Announces Better Buildings Initiative at Penn State University

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Better Buildings Challenge Partners and Allies met with Senior Administration and DOE officials to discuss the Better Buildings Initiative.

Video prepared by KEY news staff following media walk through of SUPERVALU’s Albertsons Carpinteria store.

Shown in the photo (top row left to right): Alicia Hunt, City of Medford, MA; Eric Friedman, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Eloisa Portillo Morales, City of El Paso, TX; Jenine Windehausen, Placer County, CA; Cindy Tatham, City of Beaverton, OR; Cal Clark, Mesa County Valley School District 51, CO; Autumn Salamack, Kitsip County, WA; Teresa Kinsky, City of Huntington, NY; Michael Foote, City of Gillette, WY; Ken Cronin, City of Roanoke, VA; Kathleen Hogan, DOE; Sam Steele, City of Fort Worth, TX; Matthew Gray, City of Cleveland, OH; Jessica Robinson, Hall County, GA; Jeff Hamman, Portland Public School District, OR; Donald Reese, City of New Castle, DE; Nicholas Schiavo, City of Santa Fe, NM; Sam Roark, Sonoma County, CA; Anne Eisela, State of Maryland; John Odell, Worcester, MA; Claire Fravel, City of East Hartford, CT; Penni Redford, City of West Palm Beach, FL; Robert Ericson, Town of North Smithfield, RI; Kevin Moyer, City of Toledo, OH; Kristie Wamstead Evans, City of Omaha, NE; Tim Bockus, City of East Hartford, CT; Tim Murphy, City of Toledo, OH; Barbara Buffaloe, City of Columbia, MO; Jessica Prosser, City of Arvada, CO; Maria Vargas, DOE; (bottom row left to right): James Sloss, City of Pittsburg, PA; Ann Spalding, City of Rochester, NY; Dennis Kuchenmeister, Fort Atkinson School District, WI; Dean Olsen, Will County, IL; Susanna Sutherland, City of Knoxville, TN; Rachel Emerson, State of Delaware.

Not shown in the photo: Sam Booth, Washington DC Public Schools; Heidi Burkhardt, Camas School District; Renee Hutcheson, State of North Carolina; Bob Young, Dysart Unified School District. New State, Municipal and Education Partners announced at the Better Buildings Summit for State and Local Communities on June 26, 2012

New State, Municipal and Education Partners announced at the Better Buildings Summit for State and Local Communities on June 26, 2012

President Obama and former President Bill Clinton announce a $4 billion investment in energy efficiency upgrades for commercial buildings.

President Obama and former President Clinton tour building upgrades

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton take a tour of the upgrades of the Transwestern Building in Washington, Dec. 2, 2011 (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)