The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
Green Building
The following are 95 duplicative spending programs for Green Building across 11 agencies:
AgencyDetails
U.S. Department of Agriculture High Energy Cost Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Energy for America
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Section 502 Direct and Guaranteed Loan Assistance and Section 504 Loan and Grant Assistance for the Rural Economic Development Energy Efficiency initiative
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Section 502 Direct and Guaranteed Loan Assistance for the Rural Energy Plus Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Section 514 and Section 516 Assistance for Farm Labor Housing
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Section 515 Assistance for Low-income, Elderly, and Handicapped Housing
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Electric Loan Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program
Department of Defense Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
Department of Education Impact Aid Construction Program
Department of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Commercial Building Integration/Commercial Building Initiative
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Emerging Technologies
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Home Energy Score Pilot Program
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Residential Buildings Integration
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Residential Buildings Integration/Solar Decathlon
Department of Energy Building Technologies Program/Technology Validation and Market Introduction/Building Energy Codes
Department of Energy Energy Efficient Building Systems Regional Innovation Cluster Initiative
Department of Energy Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund/Advanced Research Projects Agency/Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices
Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs
Department of Energy State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program
Department of Energy Superior Energy Performance Program
Department of Energy Title 17 Loan Guarantee Program
Department of Energy Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities/Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Department of Energy Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities/State Energy Program
Department of Energy Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities/Tribal Energy Program
Department of Energy Weatherization and Intergovernmental Activities/Weatherization Assistance Program
Department of Energy Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program
Department of Health and Human Services Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Capital Fund Recovery Act Competitive Grant Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhoods
Department of Housing and Urban Development Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing
Department of Housing and Urban Development Healthy Homes Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Hope VI Revitalization Grant Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Housing Block Grant Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Mark to Market Green Initiative
Department of Housing and Urban Development Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Multifamily Energy Innovation Fund
Department of Housing and Urban Development PowerSaver Pilot Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Public Housing Environmental and Conservation Clearinghouse
Department of Housing and Urban Development Public Housing Operating Fund, Energy Performance Contract Incentives
Department of Housing and Urban Development Public Housing Operating Fund, Streamlining Energy Performance Contracting
Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 203(b) Mortgage Insurance, Energy Efficient Mortgage
Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 203(b) Mortgage Insurance, Weatherization
Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 203(k) Mortgage Insurance, Section 203(k) Streamlined Mortgage Insurance
Department of Housing and Urban Development Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811)
Department of Housing and Urban Development Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)
Department of Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Communities Initiative, Capacity-building Program and Tools Clearinghouse
Department of Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Communities Initiative, Housing-Transportation Integration Research
Department of Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Communities Initiative, Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants
Department of Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Communities Initiative, Sustainable Community Challenge Grants
Department of Housing and Urban Development Title I Property Improvement Loan Insurance Program (Title I Program)
Department of Housing and Urban Development Transformation Initiative, Energy Efficiency and Green Building
Department of Housing and Urban Development Across Affordable Housing Program
Department of Housing and Urban Development Transformation Initiative, Green and Healthy Homes
Department of Housing and Urban Development Transformation Initiative, Sustainable Building Practice
Department of Housing and Urban Development Transformation Initiative, Sustainable Communities Grant Program
Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Bus and Bus Facilities Program
Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Environmental Management Systems Training and Technical Assistance
Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction
Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Urbanized Area Formula Program
Department of Transportation Formula Grants for Other than Urbanized Areas
Department of the Treasury Accelerated Depreciation Deduction for Specified Energy Property
Department of the Treasury Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction
Department of the Treasury Energy Investment Tax Credit
Department of the Treasury New Energy Efficient Home Credit
Department of the Treasury Nonbusiness Energy Property Tax Credit
Department of the Treasury Payments for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits
Department of the Treasury Residential Energy Conservation Subsidy Exclusion
Department of the Treasury Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program
Environmental Protection Agency Design for the Environment Program
Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Program
Environmental Protection Agency Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
Environmental Protection Agency Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse
Environmental Protection Agency Green Communities Program
Environmental Protection Agency Green Infrastructure Program
Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership
Environmental Protection Agency Healthy Communities—Clean, Green, and Healthy Schools
Environmental Protection Agency Heat Island Reduction Program
Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Environments Program
Environmental Protection Agency Industrial Materials Recycling Program
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Innovation Research Program
Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth Program
Environmental Protection Agency Tribal Green Building Initiative
Environmental Protection Agency WasteWise
Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense
National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Building Energy Technologies Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology Embedded Intelligence in Buildings Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology Improved Building Energy Performance Program
Small Business Administration Certified Development Company 504 Loan Program
Small Business Administration Small Business Energy Audit and Energy Efficiency Program

Source: Table 9, Appendix III, "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue," Government Accountability Office, 2/28/2012