§18801 Building, training, and assessment centers

Summary

The Secretary must give grants to colleges and Tribal Colleges to create building training and assessment centers. These centers will find ways to make buildings use less energy and be greener, test and promote new building technologies, train engineers, architects, building scientists, code officials, and technicians, help schools train technicians, and support research on using alternative energy and small-scale power systems for energy‑intensive buildings. They must also work with state technical schools, community colleges, Tribal Colleges, and local NIFA offices so every U.S. region is covered. The program must be coordinated with the industrial research and assessment centers and other federal programs to avoid duplicating work, and centers should be located with industrial research and assessment centers when practical. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until expended.