Florida Rural Small Business Energy Assistance Collaborative Final Report

Report Number

FSEC-CR-2074-17

Keywords

Buildings; Rural small business; Energy audits; REAP; USDA Rural Development; Energy efficiency

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development department reaches out to communities across America with many programs (http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs). USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) offers grants and loan guarantees for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems to agriculture operations and qualifying rural small businesses.USDA awarded the University of Central Florida a grant to provide a limited number of subsidized Energy Audits to eligible businesses in Florida with the ultimate goal of the energy audits is to increase participation in REAP. Audits were offered through the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), a non-profit research institute of UCF located in Cocoa, Florida (http://www.fsec.ucf.edu). FSEC conducts energy research for and supports many federal, state, and private agencies; utilities; non-profit housing providers; and other homebuilding and construction industry stakeholders. The audit team included engineers, an architect, and energy analysts.The grant agreement between UCF and the USDA was signed on March 24, 2015 to be in effect for a two year period.

Date Published

9-29-2017

Identifiers

65

Subjects

Energy conservation; Rural development; Small business; Subsidies; Renewable energy sources

Local Subjects

Buildings

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

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