§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 save energy and improve environmental performance in buildings. They will test and use new building technologies and train engineers, architects, building scientists, permitting and enforcement officials, and building technicians. They will help schools train technicians, support research on alternative energy and local power systems for heat and power (especially for energy-heavy buildings), and work with state technical schools, community colleges, Tribal colleges, and local NIFA offices so each U.S. region gets services. The program must be coordinated with industrial research and assessment centers and other federal programs to avoid duplicated work. Whenever possible, the new centers should be located with industrial research and assessment centers. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 for this program, and the funds may be used until spent. "Institutions of higher education" means colleges and universities under title 20. "Tribal Colleges or Universities" means tribal higher education institutions under title 20.