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Energy Codes New Construction Programs Working
Together in the Northeast 2001 National
Workshop on State Building Energy Codes David
R. Abrey Building Energy Codes New Construction
Director July 17-18, 2001
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The Green Mountain State

• The name of state capital "Montpelier" comes from
  the French Montpelier which means the naked
  mount" (i.e the mount without trees).

• The name Vermont was changed from the French Les
  verts mont which became Verts Mont which
  became Vermont.

• Vermont remained an independent republic until
  1791, at which point it joined the United States
  as the fourteenth state.

• Vermont is home to the Springfield Telescope
  Makers, the oldest group of amateurs in the
  country devoted to building and using
  astronomical telescopes and other scientific
  instruments.

• In 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, experimented
  with electromagnetism. His shop in Vermont is now
  known as the birthplace of the electric motor.

• Burlington is known as the Queen City.

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Energy Code Beyond Code
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Common Ground
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Market Transformation
A reduction in market barriers due to a market
intervention that last after the intervention
has been withdrawn, reduced or changed
Market Transformation is fundamentally about
creating lasting change...
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Market Transformation Process
Accepted in the Marketplace
New Technologies, Improved Methods, Utility
Programs
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MT Process
New Technologies, Improved Methods, Utility
Programs
Energy Code Level
NewEnergy Code Level
Building sf
Level of Efficiency
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More Effective Energy Codes
Energy Code Level
Building sf
Level of Efficiency
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Weighing Public Benefits
Training Improved Energy Code Implementation
New Construction Incentive Programs

• Saves kWh, kW Therms
• Savings is Sustainable
• Environmental Benefits
• Significant Impacts
• Little Investment

• Saves kWh, kW Therms
• Savings is Sustainable
• Environmental Benefits
• Significant Impacts
• Significant Investment

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Balanced Approach
Energy Code Level
Building sf
Level of Efficiency
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Integrated Plan
The Market Transformation Process should include

• Incentive Programs to Encourage New Technologies
  Approaches

• Ongoing Energy Code Training Integrated with
  Utility NCP

• Improved Energy Code Implementation Strategies

• Regular Market Benchmarking Analysis to Gage MT
  Process

• Detailed Plan for Scheduled Energy Code Updates

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November NEEP Workshop
Maximizing Energy Efficiency and Environmental
Benefits Linking Energy Codes and Equipment
Efficiency Standards with Energy Efficiency
Programs
Wednesday, November 7, 2001 - 700 - 830 p.m.
Thursday, November 8, 2001 - 900 a.m. - 4 p.m.
University Inn and Conference Center at Rutgers,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
RUTGERS
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In Summary

• Must have a well-defined, integrated plan for
  Market Transformation

• Improving Energy Code Effectiveness should be
  considered a Market Transformation Strategy

• Market Assessment Studies and Energy Code Updates
  should be included in the Market Transformation
  Plan

• A Balanced Market Transformation Plan should
  include Code Beyond Code Initiatives working
  together

Thank You!!!