Eligible activities include: • Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, installation and rehabilitation of public facilities. In undertaking these activities, design features and improvements that promote energy efficiency may be included. Such activities may also include the execution of architectural design features, and similar treatments to enhance the aesthetic quality of facilities and improvements receiving CDBG assistance, such as decorative pavements, railings, sculptures, pools of water and fountains, and other works of art. • Labor, materials, and other costs of rehabilitation of public facilities, including repair directed toward an accumulation of deferred maintenance, replacement of principal fixtures and components of existing structures, installation of security devices, including smoke detectors and dead bolt locks, and renovation through alterations, additions to, or enhancements of existing structures and improvements, abatement of asbestos hazards (and other contaminants). • Improvements to increase the efficient use of energy in structures through such means as installation of storm windows and doors, siding, wall and attic insulation, and conversion, modification, or replacement of heating and cooling equipment, including the use of solar energy equipment. • Improvements to increase the efficient use of water through such means as water savings faucets and show heads and repair of water leaks. • Connection of residential structures to water distribution lines or local sewer collection lines
