The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) manages the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP), a set of standards that details the selection criteria and application requirements for Housing Credits and tax-exempt bonds. It lists all deadlines, application fees, restrictions, standards and…
*** UPDATED *** Click on the file below to read NCBPA’s public comments submitted on August 5th. Follow suit and submit your own comments in support of the 37 Energy Efficiency Recommendations! 2020 Energy Policy Council Report recommendations by Committee:…
*** UPDATE on July 14, 2020: The proposals for items B-2, B-3, B-4 and B-22 were pulled by the authors during today’s BCC meeting. They are expected to be amended and re-submitted on August 1st ahead of the next BCC…
All industry professionals are encouraged to contact their state legislators encouraging them to include support for our industry in recovery policies being developed over the next 5 weeks. For every $1 invested in North Carolina’s building performance workforce, $5.15 is…
All industry professionals are encouraged to contact their state Senator encouraging them to support progress on HB330, the “Efficient Government Buildings & Savings Act” that passed the House 111-2 last April but has not been heard in the Senate yet…
The Alliance to Save Energy is heading up advocacy efforts to improve and expand the current federal Section 25C tax credit for homeowner energy efficiency upgrades. Doing so will provide helpful consumer project funding for the sector of our industry…
Energy Services Performance Contracting (ESPC or performance contracting) is a funding method of using guaranteed energy savings to implement facility improvements, equipment upgrades and energy efficiency techniques. Municipal and state governments cope with tight budgets and pressure from citizens to…
Since 2018, NCBPA has led advocacy efforts to encourage the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) to adopt more stringent energy efficiency minimum standards and offer incentives to developers that go above and beyond in their low-income multifamily program, or…
NCBPA is pleased to report that we have formally begun our 12-month NC HERS Rater Market Development Project with grant funding provided by RESNET and match funding provided by NCBPA, member companies and industry partners. This project focuses on advocacy,…
Support the Expansion of Duke Energy’s Residential New Construction Incentive Program to the Carolinas Territory! UPDATE for May 29, 2020 Since the public hearing back on January 29, Duke Energy and the natural gas utilities report that they have come…