[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22155]


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[Federal Register: September 8, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Technical and Financial Assistance Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy

 

Award Based on Acceptance of a Non-Competitive Application; Home 
Energy Rating Systems Council; Energy Efficiency Rating Guidelines

AGENCY: Office of Technical and Financial Assistance Energy Efficiency 
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: DOE, Office of Technical and Financial Assistance, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, through the Region 3 Support Office--
Philadelphia, announces that, pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance 
Rules, 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(ii), DOE intends to award a grant to the Home 
Energy Rating Systems Council (HERS). The overall objective of this 
project is to issue voluntary guidelines to be used by State and local 
governments, utilities, builders, real estate agents, lenders and 
others to enable and encourage the assignment of energy efficiency 
ratings to residential buildings.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The grant of $283,000 will fund the HERS 
Council to establish guidelines to encourage uniformity for certifying 
home energy efficiency rating tools and to encourage uniformity for 
accrediting home energy efficiency rating systems.
    The project term of this grant shall be eighteen (18) months from 
the effective date of the award.
    DOE support of this activity would enhance the public benefit to be 
derived and DOE knows of no other entity that is conducting or planning 
to conduct such an effort. This effort is suitable for non-competitive 
financial assistance and is not eligible for financial assistance under 
a recent, current, or planned solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Costa, Region 3 Support Office--
Philadelphia, U.S. Department of Energy, Suite 501, 1880 J.F. Kennedy 
Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7483, (215) 656-6961.

    Issued at Golden, Colorado on August 17, 1994.
John W. Meeker,
Contracting Officer, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 94-22155 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]
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