Energy Savings in State Buildings

On February 7th 2005, the governor of Kentucky signed Executive Order 2005-122 establishing a Utility Savings Council. The Council was created in order to evaluate all state agencies’ energy costs and to make recommendations, such as energy savings performance contracting and improved energy management, with the goal of saving at least 10% in energy costs annually throughout the state government. The governor of Kentucky also announced that Kentucky joined the Energy Star® Challenge to improve the energy efficiency of state-owned buildings by 10%.