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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

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.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

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Press Releases & Statements / Buildings

Net-Zero School Tour Highlights New Federal Funding Opportunities with Clean Energy Tax Credits

Labor, education, and community leaders met Thursday at Forest Edge Elementary School in Fitchburg, WI to explore the clean tech upgrades made to the school that are examples of projects that would be eligible for brand new federal tax credits for school districts, municipalities, and other tax-exempt entities through a U.S. Treasury program called “direct pay,” which functions like a cash reimbursement from the IRS.

Press Releases & Statements / Buildings

Bill to Secure School HVAC Improvements Passes the Colorado Legislature

A bill passed yesterday by the Colorado legislature, the HVAC Improvements for Public Schools bill, will create pathways for Colorado public schools to receive federal funding for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and air quality improvements. This legislation will also help school districts secure matching funds through the state and satisfy new federal funding requirements put in place to ensure that work is done by qualified workers and that jobs created by federal investment are good-paying jobs

Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean

Buy Clean, Buy Fair Act Signed by Gov. Inslee Will Spur Unprecedented Transparency, Reduce Pollution, and Increase Responsible Corporate Competition for Washington’s Building Materials

On Thursday, March 28, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed the Buy Clean, Buy Fair Act into law. The law will put in place environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation materials. The’s bill signing builds on previous legislation that created a tracking system intended to ensure public dollars are spent wisely and…

Press Releases & Statements / EV Charging and Infrastructure

Biden Administration’s Freight Corridors EV Charging Investments Critical to Getting Cleaner Trucks

The White House, alongside the U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Energy (DOE), today released information regarding the nation’s strategy for electrifying freight corridors. Federally funded electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure is required to meet Buy America requirements, supporting domestic manufacturing of charging and other alternative fueling technology. 

Testimony & Comments / Water Infrastructure

BlueGreen Alliance’s Comments on the Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

The BlueGreen Alliance was excited to offer our comments on the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) and specifically on proactive and equitable lead service line replacement (LSLR). LSLR represents a significant and scalable opportunity to support and create good, union jobs, improve the health of communities, and address environmental injustice by prioritizing those communities that have been disproportionately impacted by toxic legacy substances like lead.

Letters / Buy Clean

BlueGreen Alliance Letter of Support for EPA’s Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products

The BlueGreen Alliance writes to express our support of the collaborative application between the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), and University of Massachusetts Amherst for the Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program.

Press Releases & Statements / Building Clean

New Report Finds Decline in Domestic Manufacturing of Energy-Efficient Products

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…

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