Public Housing Energy Branch: Energy Performance Contracting | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

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The Energy Performance Contract program (EPC) is a financing technique that uses energy and/or water cost savings from reduced energy and/or water consumption to repay the cost of installing Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs). EPC can pay for today's facility upgrades with tomorrow's energy and/or water savings. Performance contracting is used in other sectors, including federal facilities, schools, and universities. In the Office of Public and Indian Housing Operating Fund EPC program, housing authorities may develop and implement cost-effective retrofits, or they may contract development and implementation with companies called Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) that work in this market and contract with institutional energy and/or water users such as housing authorities. ESCOs usually provide guarantees of success and ongoing measurement and verification of performance. Coming Soon For more information about HUD’s Energy Performance Contract program please see below or contact us a

Helping Americans Public Housing Energy Branch HUD's Office of Public Housing Program’s Financial Management Division Energy Branch develops, implements, and manages energy and water efficiency incentive programs for PHAs including Energy Performance Contract (EPC), Rate Reduction Incentive (RRI), Small Rural Frozen Rolling base (SR-FRB), and the Utility Partnership Program (UPP), which provide alternative funding mechanisms to support Operating Fund activities and modernize Public Housing through the implementation of energy conservation measures. The FMD Energy Branch also provides…

Public Housing Energy Branch: Energy Performance Contracting | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

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