But the administration isn’t limiting its efforts to federal facilities. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has 104 regulatory actions underway addressing the energy and water efficiency of residential and commercial appliances and equipment. For example, it is currently seeking public comment on how much water and energy residential clothes washers should use. A timely new report from the National Academy of Sciences offers recommendations that can help DOE improve how it approaches its standard-setting task by better using available data and focusing on social welfare.
When Regulating An Appliance . . . Follow The Science!
President Biden has set ambitious goals for transforming how Americans use energy. In an executive order last month, “Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability,” he directed federal agencies to change how they “build, buy, and manage electricity, vehicles, buildings, and other operations to be clean and sustainable, including by establishing targets for fiscal year 2030 for agency-wide facility energy use intensity and potable water use intensity.”
But the administration isn’t limiting its efforts to federal facilities. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has 104 regulatory actions underway addressing the energy and water efficiency of residential and commercial appliances and equipment. For example, it is currently seeking public comment on how much water and energy residential clothes washers should use. A timely new report from the National Academy of Sciences offers recommendations that can help DOE improve how it approaches its standard-setting task by better using available data and focusing on social welfare.
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But the administration isn’t limiting its efforts to federal facilities. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has 104 regulatory actions underway addressing the energy and water efficiency of residential and commercial appliances and equipment. For example, it is currently seeking public comment on how much water and energy residential clothes washers should use. A timely new report from the National Academy of Sciences offers recommendations that can help DOE improve how it approaches its standard-setting task by better using available data and focusing on social welfare.
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