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Poll: Readers Wary of Better Buildings Initiative

NEW YORK CITY-Readers take a dim view of President Barack Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative, announced in February 2011. This, on the heels of a December announcement detailing $4 billion in federal and private sector money to invest toward energy upgrades for public and private buildings.

By Carl Gaines | Updated on January 06, 2012

NEW YORK CITY-The majority of GlobeSt.com readers don’t look favorably on President Barack Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative. Announced in February 2011, the plan aims to make commercial buildings 20% more energy efficient by 2020 by offering tax incentives for building efficiency and financing for retrofits.

But when asked to weigh in on the plan, a whopping 60% of respondents pegged the plan “another Obama boondoggle,” while 27% said it “is the kind of incentive the industry needs” and 13% said that “it sounds good, but I’m waiting to see.”

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