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Examination of Rebuild America Partnership Accomplishments and the Factors Influencing Them.

DE2005838097

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Schweitzer, M.; Ogle-Graham, L.
Page Count	64
Abstract	The Rebuild America program was established in 1994 to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency measures and practices in existing public facilities, commercial buildings, and multifamily housing units. More recently, the program has expanded to include new construction as well. The program encourages the formation of partnerships involving state and local governments, private businesses, and other organizations to help identify and solve problems related to energy use in buildings. Rebuild America does not directly fund actual building improvements. Instead, it provides the Rebuild Partners with the technical tools and assistance they need to plan and implement building projects and stimulates other entities to make substantial investments in energy efficiency. At the request of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory studied the Rebuild America program for the purpose of identifying key factors associated with successful operations. Substantial amounts of data were collected directly from Rebuild America partnerships concerning the results achieved by each of their individual projects, both committed and completed. In addition, data were collected from secondary sources on a limited number of factors describing partnership setting and characteristics. By combining these two data sets, we were able to perform statistical analyses testing the potential relationship between each partnership characteristic and each of four key results measures. The influences on successful partnership performance also were determined in another way, which allowed a broader examination of potentially important factors.
Keywords	Joint ventures Energy efficiency Housing Houses Commercial buildings Construction Educational facilities Local government Performance State government Telephones Testing Accomplishments Rebuild America Program
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522

Examination of Rebuild America Partnership Accomplishments and the Factors Influencing Them.

Examination of Rebuild America Partnership Accomplishments and the Factors Influencing Them.
DE2005838097

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Schweitzer, M.; Ogle-Graham, L.
Page Count	64
Abstract	The Rebuild America program was established in 1994 to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency measures and practices in existing public facilities, commercial buildings, and multifamily housing units. More recently, the program has expanded to include new construction as well. The program encourages the formation of partnerships involving state and local governments, private businesses, and other organizations to help identify and solve problems related to energy use in buildings. Rebuild America does not directly fund actual building improvements. Instead, it provides the Rebuild Partners with the technical tools and assistance they need to plan and implement building projects and stimulates other entities to make substantial investments in energy efficiency. At the request of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory studied the Rebuild America program for the purpose of identifying key factors associated with successful operations. Substantial amounts of data were collected directly from Rebuild America partnerships concerning the results achieved by each of their individual projects, both committed and completed. In addition, data were collected from secondary sources on a limited number of factors describing partnership setting and characteristics. By combining these two data sets, we were able to perform statistical analyses testing the potential relationship between each partnership characteristic and each of four key results measures. The influences on successful partnership performance also were determined in another way, which allowed a broader examination of potentially important factors.
Keywords	Joint ventures Energy efficiency Housing Houses Commercial buildings Construction Educational facilities Local government Performance State government Telephones Testing Accomplishments Rebuild America Program
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Oak Ridge National Lab., TN.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522