Press Releases & Statements / Other
The U.S. Department of Education announced it is cutting 50% of its staff. These layoffs are considered phase one of completely shuttering the Department of Education—an agency established by Congress. This is part of a plan first outlined in Project 2025, the Trump administration’s policy blueprint.
Press Releases & Statements / Building Clean
A new analysis released today from Building Clean—an initiative of the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation—has identified a decline in domestic manufacturing of energy efficiency products. In 2007, 84% of energy-efficient products used in the United States were manufactured domestically. The data found that today the U.S.-made percentage has fallen to 79%. The new report, Energy Efficiency Should…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Building Clean
A new analysis released today from the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation has identified a decline in domestic manufacturing of energy efficiency products. In 2007, 84% of energy-efficient products used in the U.S. were manufactured domestically. The data found that today the U.S.-made percentage has fallen to 79%.
Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)—previously known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—and the Inflation Reduction Act means more federal funding is available to upgrade and retrofit our public-serving institutions. In particular, Municipal, University, School, and Hospital (MUSH) buildings that serve as essential community assets represent a significant opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health outcomes, build climate resilience, and support and create good, local jobs all while addressing equity and environmental justice.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The 117th Congress passed historic infrastructure legislation that can be utilized to retrofit buildings, including Municipal, University, School, and Hospital (MUSH) buildings. MUSH buildings are particularly important, serving as essential community assets that represent significant opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health outcomes, build climate resilience, and support and create good, local jobs all while addressing equity and environmental justice. The objective of this roadmap is to identify the federal funding opportunities available through the Inflation Reduction Act, The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and, in the case of schools, the American Rescue Plan, that can be used to upgrade MUSH buildings.
Press Releases & Statements / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The Inflation Reduction Act extended and strengthened tax credits for investment in and production of a range of clean energy technologies. The law included a “direct pay” option for which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today released new guidance. The guidance will help public and tax-exempt entities—public schools, nonprofit hospitals, and tribal, local, and state governments—to recoup a significant portion of a clean energy project’s cost as a cash payment from the IRS.
Press Releases & Statements / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the rollout of the $1 billion Inflation Reduction Act Green and Resilient Retrofits Program. The announcement took place at the Dunn Family Coop Apartments in Center Line, MI and was followed by a roundtable discussion attended by BlueGreen Alliance Michigan Regional Program Manager Frank Houston.
Blog / Infrastructure and Community Resilience
When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.
Testimony & Comments / Clean Economy Union Jobs
BGA and IUPAT are pleased to submit the following joint comments to the DOE on designing the workforce development programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), including the Energy Auditor Training grant program (EAT), the Career Skills Training programs (CST), as well as the State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training program funded through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Testimony & Comments / Building Clean
We are excited to offer our comments on the HUD Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which is a unique opportunity for holistic building retrofits to address energy and water efficiency, health and climate resilience and to benefit disadvantaged communities with improved affordable housing and through quality job creation.