Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed an executive order using $11 million in federal funding to create the Affordable Housing Energy Efficiency Program, to reduce energy consumption in multi-unit buildings.
The money comes from a $36.3 million allocation from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell had spent $25.5 million of the federal money already on other projects.
Malloy wants to focus on multifamily units, as they tend to use a lot of electricity and fuel for heating and don’t have the same access to many of the state’s other energy efficiency programs.
The program will be run by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and award money toward projects with a 20 percent reduction in energy use. Projects can include renewable energy systems and high efficiency systems.
The project awards are expected later this year.
