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It suggests a combination of market-mandated policies, the use of the Clean Development Mechanism, and the establishment of innovation centres to accelerate technology adoption. 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To address these, the report recommends streamlining HUD's Energy Performance Contract (EPC) processes, adopting life-cycle cost analysis, utilizing a 'whole-building' design approach, and implementing retro-commissioning, which can reduce energy consumption by a median of 16% with a fast payback period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Public housing in the United States is significantly less energy-efficient than private housing, using 38% more energy for the same amount of floor space.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a severe lack of investment in energy efficiency relative to the cost of utility allowances; the government spends 10 times more on affordable housing utility allowances than on energy efficiency programs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial barriers include a $26 billion backlog of existing capital needs and a 45% cut in capital funds for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) between 2001 and 2011.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Programmatic hurdles include high transaction costs and information gaps regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Energy Performance Contract (EPC) program, particularly for small PHAs with fewer than 500 units.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Technical hurdles are driven by a lack of energy modeling as a design tool and an underestimation of technical potential; architects often view energy models as verification tools rather than design tools.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Operational efficiency is hindered by a lack of tenant incentives in master-metered facilities and a failure to perform retro-commissioning on existing building systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Retro-commissioning offers a highly cost-effective solution, with a median energy consumption reduction of 16% and an average payback period of 1.1 years at a cost of approximately $0.30 per square foot.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Integrating energy efficiency and sustainability measures at the start of a project is estimated to add only 2% to typical development costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report advocates for a 'whole-building' or 'deep retrofit' approach to capture systemic synergies, as opposed to 'piecemeal retrofits' which are common due to funding constraints.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-001028#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["energy efficiency","affordable housing","Deep energy retrofit","renewable energy","greenhouse gas emissions"],"geography_discussed":["Boston","Sacramento","Maine","Boulder","British Columbia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["barrier analysis","policy recommendation","case study"]},{"id":"rmi-001033","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-001033","title":"Battery Balance of System Charrette Post-Charrette Report","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://rmi.org/app/uploads/2017/05/RMI_Document_Repository_Public-Reprts_2015-01_RMIBatterBoS-Charrette-Report-20150204-Final.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Battery Balance of System Charrette report identifies critical barriers to the scaling of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage in the U.S., specifically focusing on high non-cell costs, lack of standardization, and limited monetization opportunities. 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