# Presentation: 048637

## This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy...  

- Presentation to:  2000National Workshop on
- State Building Energy Codes
- New Orleans, Louisiana, July 11, 2000
- By Stuart Slote, Energy Codes Project Manager
- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Overview

- Market Transformation and Energy Codes
- Northeast State Examples:  MA, NJ, NY, VT

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Market Transformation:Definition

- Market Transformation for energy efficiency is a strategy or program undertaken to establish energy efficient products and technologies as common product offerings in the competitive market place.
- Building performance goal:
- 	Assure proper performance of measures once specified and installed (real vs. paper savings)

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Market Transformation:      Key Elements  

- Address market barriers - lack of time, $, understanding
- Effect lasting changes - build it right the first time
- Set long-term goals with near-term objectives - the plan
- Work with existing market channels - lumberyards
- Build on market trends - IAQ concerns
- Track market progress - evaluation/baseline studies
- Coordinate efforts to leverage maximum effect - utilities and industry trade allies

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Market Transformation:          A Policy Perspective

- Ratepayer funded energy efficiency:
- Public policy directives in the Northeast region
- Address “lost opportunities” - building energy codes!
- Serve low income - codes!
- Transform markets for products and services - codes!
- Encourage market-based services - codes!
- Defer distribution investments - codes!
- Justify value of program to funders - policymakers and legislators

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Massachusetts:         Partnering with Industry

- Lumber yards (supported by their suppliers)
- Manufacturers/suppliers (window, insulation)
- Trade associations (builders/remodelers, architects, manufacturers)
- Utilities (via mandated or voluntary programs)
- Building officials

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## New Jersey: Ratepayer-Funded Programs

- Via utilities - multi-year effort
- Energy Star Homes Program - incentives
- Assist state code agency - code implementation and evaluation

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## New York: System Benefits Charge Programs

- Influence design and construction - work with building owners, developers and builders/designers
- Focus on electric energy efficiency measures
- Promote above-code practices - commissioning
- Technical assistance/cost analysis - standard vs. best practices

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Vermont:    Code/Voluntary Programs 

- Key part of code implementation strategy is inclusion of voluntary programs
- VT Star Homes Program (Efficiency Vermont)
- Energy Rated Homes of Vermont
- EPA Energy Star Program
- Offers code compliance support to builders
- Reaching  more of the market
- Co-sponsorship of workshops and conferences
- Cooperative Monitoring and Evaluation

## Push/Pull Strategy

- Voluntary Programs pull the market toward a higher standard
- Codes push the market toward voluntary programs
- Voluntary programs are partners in code promulgation and implementation
- Codes are a marketing opportunity for voluntary programs
- Voluntary programs are better at building science
- Codes encourage builders to think about efficiency before they build

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org

## Effective Energy Codes

- New technologies and practices
- Incorporate new technologies and practices that replace less efficient technologies and practices
- Code implementation and enforcement
- Improve code effectiveness through innovative enforcement practices by local governments
- Building performance
- Assure proper performance of measures once specified and installed (real vs. paper savings)

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
- 5 Militia Drive - Lexington, MA  02421
- 781.860.9177	www.neep.org