MCAA joins landmark effort: to cut energy use in buildings.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

NEW YORK -- Former President Bill Clinton in mid-May announced the creation of a global Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, a project of the Clinton Climate Initiative. The program brings together four of the world's largest energy service companies, five of the world's largest banks and 16 of the world's largest cities in a landmark program designed to reduce energy consumption in existing buildings.

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Companies and organizations in the industry immediately signed on to the effort, including the Mechanical Contractors Associati