Bulletin Board Magazine 2021 V4

• The Build Back Better legislation includes provisions for the renewal of the 45L energy efficient homes tax credit. The language has 2 key improvements over previous iterations. First, a 10-year cycle rather than the 1-year and often retroactive renewals of the past. Second, it shifts a very outdated compliance calculation to simply requiring builders to certify to the Energy Star for DOE ZERH Homes programs. Both these changes will allow EAM to develop compliance plans for multi-year projects with our clients a

• More adaptive reuse to housing given the current commercial real estate climate. Bringing older structures up to current standards of care in terms of things like insulation and air conditioning require

specialized experience to get right, but the building character results can be amazing when you do.

s the program requirements are well defined, and bring along the added

benefits of utility incentives and marketing opportunities.

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