Buildings Upgrade Prize Background MEEA as a Regional Navigator Connection to MEEA Members

Buildings Upgrade Prize Background MEEA as a Regional Navigator Connection to MEEA Members The Buildings Upgrade Prize (Buildings UP) MEEA, in partnership with the five other provides more than $22 million in cash prizes Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations, Through this prize, teams are expected to and technical assistance to support the created a national network of Regional seek additional. [...] buildings into Navigators to provide additional technical financing to support their initiatives, to more energy-efficient and clean assistance and guidance to the prize winners understand the landscape of building energy-ready homes, commercial spaces through all phases of the initiative. [...] academic & research institutions, utility companies and community-based Teams will submit innovative concepts to • Guide the teams through the Buildings organizations, building upon regional and leverage the billions of dollars available UP application process. [...] through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), • Ensure teams have access to any the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), utility rebate resources needed to design their Locations and descriptions of the teams are programs, and many other funding sources initiatives successfully and with equity on the next page. [...] *Alaska is included in the Midwest cohort due to its similar climate zones to some The initiative comprises four proposed phases Midwestern states and other work that MEEA over five years, beginning in January 2023 has conducted in the state, along with and projected to finish in the Winter of 2028.