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NFRC Receives
APP Grant
NFRC
Receives U.S. State Department Grant to Conduct International
Work
NFRC
among nine recipients chosen under Asia-Pacific Partnership
GREENBELT,
Md. – September 26, 2008
– Earlier this month, the National Fenestration Rating Council
(NFRC) received a grant from the U.S State Department to implement
clean energy work in China under the Asia-Pacific Partnership's
(APP) Clean Development and Climate program.
NFRC
was one of nine grant recipients chosen from a field of more than
90 submittals. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for
Democracy and Global Affairs for the Asia-Pacific Partnership
(APP) on Clean Development and Climate, announced the award recipients
at the U.S.-China-Australia Dialogue on Energy Security and Climate
Change in Washington , D.C.
“We
are deeply committed to the APP's goal of reducing building energy
consumption and look forward to concentrating our efforts with
the other team members,” said Jim Benney, NFRC's Executive Director.
“It's an honor to be chosen from such a strong field of competitors
who submitted many innovative ideas.”
The
APP brings together both government entities and private industry
sectors of Australia , Canada , China , India , Japan , the Republic
of Korea , and the United States with the goal of advancing clean
energy technologies.
NFRC
will work with three Chinese building energy organizations and
three American entities to develop a building certification program
enabling reduced building energy consumption. The award is for
$250,000 through June 2010 and requires all partners to contribute
matching funds. NFRC and its partners estimate that 59 terawatt-hours
per year (TWh/year) could be saved upon full implementation of
their building certification program. That's enough annual energy
to power seven million Chinese homes.
“Climate
change is a global issue and in order to effectively reduce building
energy consumption worldwide, the international community will
have to work together,” added Benney.
For
more information on NFRC, please visit www.nfrc.org
or call 301-589-1776.
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About
NFRC
NFRC
is a non-profit organization that administers a voluntary, uniform
rating, labeling and certification system for the energy performance
of windows, doors, curtain walls, skylights, and other fenestration
products. Its members include manufacturers, suppliers, utilities,
consumer groups, representatives from the building and code industries,
scientific and educational organizations, and government agencies.
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