More Savings for More Residents: Progress in Multifamily Housing Energy Efficiency

In 2013, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a study of the nation’s largest multifamily home markets and the customer-funded utility energy efficiency programs that serve them. Using a combination of housing, utility, and policy data, ACEEE analyzed the potential to create or expand these programs in metropolitan markets. Researchers concluded that while the necessary conditions existed for new or expanded programs in most metro areas, the multifamily housing market as a whole was relatively underserved compared with single-family and commercial buildings. The following report compares 2014 and 2015 data with 2011 information used for the previous ACEEE study to determine how multifamily markets and energy efficiency programs have changed.