Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Equipment Should Be Installed in New Government Housing

Highlights

GAO evaluated the efforts being made and the actions that could be taken to make Government housing more energy efficient.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Department of Housing and Urban Development	The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should promote, through their contacts with builders and buyers, the benefits and encourage the installation of high energy-efficiency equipment.	Closed – Implemented Please call 202/512-6100 for information.
Veterans Administration	The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should promote, through their contacts with builders and buyers, the benefits and encourage the installation of high energy-efficiency equipment.	Closed – Implemented Please call 202/512-6100 for information.
Farmers Home Administration	The Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development, and the Administrator of Farmers Home should continue and expand their energy conservation efforts by administratively requiring the installation of high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment in housing that they either own or subsidize. The level of equipment efficiency to be required should be determined in cooperation and coordination with the Department of Energy.	Closed – Implemented Please call 202/512-6100 for information.
Department of Defense	The Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development, and the Administrator of Farmers Home should continue and expand their energy conservation efforts by administratively requiring the installation of high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment in housing that they either own or subsidize. The level of equipment efficiency to be required should be determined in cooperation and coordination with the Department of Energy.	Closed – Implemented Please call 202/512-6100 for information.
Department of Housing and Urban Development	The Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development, and the Administrator of Farmers Home should continue and expand their energy conservation efforts by administratively requiring the installation of high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment in housing that they either own or subsidize. The level of equipment efficiency to be required should be determined in cooperation and coordination with the Department of Energy.	Closed – Implemented Please call 202/512-6100 for information.

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Community developmentCost effectiveness analysisEnergy conservationEnergy consumptionHousing constructionVeterans benefitsHeatingEnergy efficiencyNatural gasHousing