Efforts to enact a rebate and technical assistance program for commercial property owners who make energy-efficiency improvements were derailed when the House version of the legislation added a provision requiring that the work be done by contractors following federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements.
The legislation (S 3079/HR 5476), known as Building STAR, was supported by NAA/NMHC and a coalition of other organizations. Among other things, the measure would create a new two-year program providing rebates to property owners for qualifying energy-efficiency retrofit measures.