Louisville Metro’s Office of Sustainability has been awarded $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Louisville is one of 40 applicants across the U.S. to receive the Buildings Upgrade Prize, a grant aimed at advancing energy efficiency and clean energy in affordable housing.
According to a press release, the grant will be used in part to support Mayor Craig Greenberg’s My Louisville Home strategy that hopes to build 15,000 affordable housing units before the end of his first term.
The Metropolitan Housing Coalition and Kentuckians of the Commonwealth will partner with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability to put the Building Upgrade Prize to use.
The Office of Sustainability said low-income communities and communities of color have faced a higher energy burden, the percentage of income spent on energy bills, with the highest rates of energy burden in the city being seen in West Louisville. The grant will also go towards delivering meaningful cost savings to these communities.
Source: WAVE
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