[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57231-57232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28056]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Golden Field Office; Notice of Solicitation for Financial 
Assistance Applications; Rebuild America Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for financial assistance applications 
number DE-PS36-96GO10131.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Rebuild 
America Program, announces its intention to issue a competitive 
solicitation and make multiple awards to regional or community wide 
public/private sector groups to accelerate the use of cost-effective 
energy efficiency improvements in commercial and multifamily 
residential housing. This action is subject to the DOE Financial 
Assistance Rules, which can be found in Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR Part 600).

AVAILABILITY OF THE SOLICITATION: To obtain a copy of the solicitation 
once it is issued in December, 1995, write to the U.S. Department of 
Energy's Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO, 80401, Attn: 
Mr. John Motz, Contract Specialist. Only written requests for the 
solicitation will be honored. For convenience, requests for the 
solicitation may be faxed to Mr. Motz at (303) 275-4754. For further 
information concerning the Rebuild America Program, contact the Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC), P.O. Box 3048, 
Merrifield, VA, 22116. Telephone: (800) 363-3732.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE Office of Building Energy Research, 
under authority of Section 2104 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Pub. 
Law No. 102-486, seeks to substantially increase the energy efficiency 
of existing commercial buildings by the year 2005. This solicitation is 
part of Action #1 of the Administration's Climate Change Action Plan to 
reduce energy use in buildings and lower greenhouse gas emissions. The 
objective of this solicitation is to make multiple financial assistance 
awards to public/private sector groups that are expected to accelerate 
the use of cost-effective energy efficiency measures in commercial and 
multifamily residential housing in the United States. ``Commercial 
Building'' means a public or privately owned building with more than 50 
percent of its floorspace used for commercial activities. Commercial 
buildings include, but are not limited to, stores, offices, schools, 
churches, auditoriums, gymnasiums, libraries, museums, hospitals, 
clinics, warehouses and correctional facilities. Awardees will be 
expected to: apply retrofit energy efficiency improvements to a large 
portion of the total floorspace in existing commercial and multifamily 
buildings within a community or region by not later than five years 
after award date of the cooperative agreement; integrate and enhance 
existing energy efficiency improvement programs and capital investment 
resources in their community or region to support the implementation of 
their energy efficient retrofits, e.g., the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency's Energy Star Buildings Program or the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Empowerment Zones/
Enterprise Communities; and ensure that the activities initiated 
through the group will continue without further DOE funding.
    DOE will consider for award those entities which have not received 
a prior award under this program and which represent a consortium of 
private sector firms and the public sector which could include business 
partnerships, joint ventures or other business relationships between 
such organizations as profit and non-profit corporations, educational 
institutions, etc. Each consortium must include a state or local 
government organization as a member, but can be led by any 
organization. The awardee must propose to cost share at least 50% of 
the total project costs from non-federal sources in order to receive an 
award under the solicitation.
    Applicants will be expected to customize their program approaches 
to fit their community's needs and capabilities. Awards under this 
solicitation will be cooperative agreements. The term of the awards may 
be for up to five years. It is anticipated total DOE funding available 
for this round of awards will be approximately $2.5 million. Individual 
awards under this solicitation will not exceed $500,000 of DOE funding. 
DOE funds may not be used for capital investments 

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needed to retrofit nor to purchase any buildings under any cooperative 
agreements awarded under this solicitation. The solicitation will be 
issued in December, 1995, and will contain detailed information on 
funding, cost sharing requirements, eligibility, application 
preparation, and evaluation. Responses to the solicitation will be due 
120 days after solicitation release.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on November 1, 1995.
John W. Meeker,
Chief, Procurement, GO.
[FR Doc. 95-28056 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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