Building operators using IRA tax incentives “will be talking with their senators and representatives to express the need to keep these in place,” a U.S. Green Building Council official said.
With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office and Republicans to gain control of the U.S. Senate in January, building owners and operators wonder whether the incoming administration’s emphasis on fossil fuels could stall recent progress in building energy efficiency and sustainability.
While organizations like the U.S.
Green Building Council have pushed for expanded tax credits for
energy-efficient building retrofits, Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation-led Project 2025 prioritize fossil fuel support, potentially at the expense of clean energy incentives...
RSK: Some of the Bidens energy policies actually made sense while most others set this country back and helped increase inflation. There has to be a middle of the road policy and not an all at once shift...we need to go into these things gradually. Somewhat like hybrid vehicles that run on gas and battery...not a paradigm shift to all electric at once....that creates push-back and disfavor...
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