Recovery Act: A top green building bill
The U.S. Green Building Council released its top ten green building bills list and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act came in on top.
Photo: Alaskan Dude - The American Clean Energy and Security Act – Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
- The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act – Ben Chandler (D-Ky.)
- The Expanding Building Efficiency Act – Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)
- The Property Assessed Clean Energy Tax Benefits Act — John Sarbanes (D-Md.)
- An Act to Enhance Private Financing for Clean Energy Technology Deployment – Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
- The Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 – Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio)
- The Water Accountability Tax Efficiency Reinvestment (WATER) Act – Michael Coffman (R-Colo.)
- The Livable Communities Act of 2010 – Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) **pending introduction**
- The Federal Personnel Training Act of 2010 – Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) **pending introduction**
- The Clean Energy and American Jobs Act – John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
- The American Clean Energy and Leadership Act – Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
- Energy Efficiency in Housing Act (EEHA) of 2009 – Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
- The Livable Communities Act of 2009 – Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)
- The Expanding Building Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 – Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
- The School Building Fairness Act – Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
- Clean Energy for Homes and Buildings Act of 2009 – Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)
- The Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 – Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)
- The Water Accountability Tax Efficiency Reinvestment (WATER) Act of 2009 — Mark Udall (D-Colo.)
- The Federal Agency Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2009 – Susan Collins (R-Maine)
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