42 U.S.C. § 7628 — Demonstration grant program for local governments

to deploy cost-effective technologies and practices^*; and

to achieve operational cost savings^*, through the application of cost-effective technologies and practices^*, as verified by the Administrator.

The Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using a grant provided under this section shall be 40 percent.

The Administrator may waive up to 100 percent of the local share of the cost of any grant under this section should the Administrator determine that the community is economically distressed, pursuant to objective economic criteria established by the Administrator in published guidelines.

standards for monitoring and verification of operational cost savings through the application of cost-effective technologies and practices reported by grantees under this section;

standards for grantees to implement training programs, and to provide technical assistance and education, relating to the retrofit of buildings using cost-effective technologies and practices; and

a requirement that each local government that receives a grant under this section shall achieve facility-wide cost savings, through renovation of existing local government buildings using cost-effective technologies and practices, of at least 40 percent as compared to the baseline operational costs of the buildings before the renovation (as calculated assuming a 3-year, weather-normalized average).