HUD spends nearly $6.4 billion each year in utility assistance. Good information about energy consumption and costs is critical to help HUD, housing providers and residents manage costs, identify and prioritize energy efficiency improvements, and track portfolio performance. HUD is working with utilities nationally to make it easier for housing providers to request and receive individual unit utility data - critical to calculating utility allowances - and whole building data, for benchmarking purposes.

• New Actions Will Bring Clean Energy Savings to All Americans: New HUD Partnership will accelerate energy cost savings in HUD-assisted housing
   
• Greenbuild 2016: Prepared Remarks of OMB Director Shaun Donovan
   
• From the White House blog: Investing in America’s Clean Energy Future
   
• HUDdle Blog Post: The Future of Affordable Housing is Measured and Managed, Lean and Green
   
• HUD Press Release: HUD Launches Utility Benchmarking in an Effort to Increase Energy and Water Efficiency and Save Costs
   
• HUD Multifamily Housing October 2016 Newsletter: Energy and Water Efficiency
   
• Multifamily Energy Benchmarking Notice:
  • Federal Register
  • Government Publishing Office
     
• Public Housing Benchmarking Notice:
  • Federal Register
  • Government Publishing Office
     
• HUD Exchange: Utility Benchmarking Portal
   
• Better Buildings Challenge 2016: Multifamily Utility Benchmarking presentation
   
• Energy Stakeholders: NRDC - Welcome New Energy in Housing Finance
   
• Resilience and Water Efficiency at Federal Housing Administration: From the Desk of the Acting FHA Commissioner