Sentences with phrase «real improvement in energy efficiency»

Instead of measuring real improvement in energy efficiency, it hides the outsourcing of dirty, coal - based manufacturing to developing countries and changes during times of economic growth or recession, irrespective of efficiency.

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• Finally, we believe that the real estate industry is in a unique position to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency improvements that are low cost and that create value within the underlying asset.

(Sec. 299A) Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions to include a standard that requires, in determining the value of a property, consideration of any renewable energy sources for, or energy efficiency or energy - conserving improvements or features of, the property.

Specifically, the CBMA improves Section 179D's effectiveness in promoting energy efficiency retrofits by: measuring energy savings and improvements by reference to the existing building's own consumption baseline; linking the amount of the enhanced 179D deduction to energy savings achieved; and making the tax incentive useable for a broader range of real estate owners and other stakeholders.