[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22874-22875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08247]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Resilient and 
Efficient Codes Implementation

AGENCY: Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building 
Technologies Office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on 
its request for information (RFI) number DE-FOA-0002755 regarding the 
Building Technologies Office's Draft Resilient and Efficient Codes 
Implementation (RECI) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), as 
required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also known as 
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Information collected from 
this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes when developing a 
potential FOA and will not be published.

DATES: A public workshop to gather additional input on a potential FOA 
will be held on April 27, 2022. Responses to the RFI must be received 
by 5:00 p.m. (ET) on May 20, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Additional information on the public workshop is available 
at: https://www.energycodes.gov/RECI-codes-workshop.
    Comments to the RFI must be provided in writing. Interested parties 
are to submit their written comments electronically to 
[email protected] and include ``RECI FOA'' in the subject line of the 
email. Email attachments can be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) 
file or an Adobe PDF (.pdf) file, prepared in accordance with the 
detailed instructions in the RFI. Documents submitted electronically 
should clearly indicate which topic areas and specific questions are 
being addressed and should be limited to no more than 25 MB in size. 
Further instructions can be found in the complete RFI DE-FOA-0002755 
document located at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Perry, (240) 780-6149, 
[email protected]v.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This RFI pertains to a draft FOA to be 
issued by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Building Technologies Office (BTO) on the effective implementation of 
resilient and efficient building energy codes. The intent of this RFI 
is to obtain public input from state and local government agencies, 
building officials, contractors, designers, builders, other industry 
representatives, community organizations, academia, research 
laboratories, and other stakeholders regarding the solicitation process 
and structure of a potential FOA to fund sustained cost-effective 
implementation of building energy codes, in accordance with the BIL.
    The goal of this potential FOA is to effectively address building 
energy code implementation priorities as outlined in Section 40511. 
Cost-Effective Codes Implementation for Efficiency and Resilience of 
the BIL. DOE anticipates the possible resulting outcomes of a potential 
FOA will increase the successful implementation of updated energy codes 
in states and territories throughout the United States. In addition to 
this foundational goal, DOE anticipates that this funding will make 
significant progress in developing a next generation workforce, 
facilitating updates, advancing new policies and tools, increasing 
equity, and improving overall compliance necessary to advance energy 
codes across the U.S.
    DOE is seeking input from the public regarding the designs and 
goals of the potential FOA, with specific input requested on:

 Energy Code Implementation Criteria and Requirements for Key 
Topic Areas
 Advanced Energy Codes and Building Resilience
 Methods to Support Sustained State Energy Code Implementation
 Funding, Partnerships, Eligible Entities, and Evaluation 
Criteria
 Equity, Environmental and Energy Justice (EEEJ) Priorities

    In addition to these specific items, DOE is requesting input on 
other aspects, such as: Technical requirements; funding and cost share 
requirements; period of performance requirements; data sharing, 
measurement and validation requirements; and other relevant issues.
    Specific questions can be found in the RFI. The RFI DE-FOA-0002755 
is available at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/.
    Confidential Business Information: Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 
person submitting information that he or she believes to be 
confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure should submit via 
email two well-marked copies: One copy of the document marked 
``confidential'' including all the information believed to be 
confidential, and one copy of the document marked ``non-confidential'' 
with the information believed to be confidential deleted. Submit these 
documents via email. DOE will make its own determination about the 
confidential status of the information and treat it according to its 
determination.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on April 12, 2022, by Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That 
document with the

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original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative 
purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the 
Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer 
has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic 
format for publication, as an official document of the Department of 
Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect 
of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-08247 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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