The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) believes that affordable housing must be energy efficient to be truly affordable. DCEO has led this effort through the Illinois Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Program initiated in 1988. Under this Program, grants are provided to Illinois based non-profit and for-profit housing developers to include energy efficient building practices in the rehab or new construction of affordable housing units.  Average energy savings range from 50% to 75%.

Program Goals:

• to demonstrate the impact that energy efficiency has on creating and maintaining affordable housing
• to show that lower housing costs can be achieved with energy efficiency
• to treat the house as a system, focusing on energy efficiency, indoor air quality and occupant comfort
• to identify and maximize cost effective energy efficiency opportunities present in rehab and new construction
• to educate developers, architects and builders of the various energy efficient
  building measures and “green” building products such that they can begin using these measures and products on other non-funded DCEO projects

Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Construction Program Guidelines

Residential Retrofit Energy Efficiency Program Guidelines 

Click here to download the latest Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Program report. 

For more information about this Program, please contact:

Maureen Davlin
217/785-2373
maureen.davlin@illinois.gov