# Presentation: 512056

## Working Together – 

**Working Together – **
**In The Northeast Region**
***Presented by:****** ***
***Northeast Energy Efficiency ***
***Partnerships***
- Doug Schanne
- Building Energy Code Manager
**2004 National Workshop on **
**State Building Energy Codes**
**Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **
**July 19 - 22, 2004**

**Notes:**
Introduction To Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Regional Initiatives For the Northeast.

## 2004 Regional InitiativesNortheast Energy Efficiency Partnerships2004 Plan 

- Includes 9 regional initiatives for energy efficiency that address a spectrum of energy efficiency program and policy opportunities for residential, industrial and commercial markets as well as research and evaluation.
**Northeast Regional Building Energy Code Project – Session’s Focus**

## Northeast Regional Building Energy Codes Project

- GOALS
- to achieve significant energy savings in new construction, remodeling and renovations through up-to-date building energy codes in the Northeast that meet or exceed the national model code requirements and
- to attain a high level of energy code compliance (75 percent or better)

## Northeast Regional Building Energy Codes Project

- Guided by an Advisory Committee of code administrators and other stakeholders
- Helps Northeast States update and implement building energy codes
- Works to achieve high level of compliance through user friendly codes, training, technical support tools and programs.
- Offers residential energy code training curricula and guides to assist states.

## Working Together!

- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
- Regional Building Energy Code Project Advisory Committee
- Northeast States
- Building Code Agencies
- Energy Offices
- Energy Efficiency Program Administrators & Utilities
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Building Codes Assistance Project
- New Building Institute, Inc.
- Trade and Professional Associations

## Funding Sources

- U.S. Department of Energy - Grants
- The Rhode Island State Energy Office
- Maryland Energy Administration
- NEEP Sponsors including
- Utilities
- Energy Efficiency Program Administrators
- State Agencies (Project Specific)
- Public Benefit Fund Administrators

## The Status  Energy Codes in the Northeast

- Residential Energy Codes
- Commercial Energy Codes

## Residential Code Update

**Updating to or Meets IECC 2003**
**Meets or Exceeds IECC 2000**
**Reviewing IECC 2004 Supplement**
**Voluntary IRC/IECC 2003 Standard **
**Meets or Exceeds MEC 1995**

## Commercial Code Update

**Meets or Exceeds ASHRAE 90.1 –2001**
**Updating to  ASHRAE 90.1 –2001**
**Meets or Exceeds ASHRAE 90.1-1999**
**Voluntary ASHRAE 90.1-1999**

## Trends Affecting Energy Code Implementation in Northeast

**State budgets** – reduced staff and funding for code activities
**Convergence** – most states have or are working to adopt IECC 2000 or better
**Integration** - energy codes as element of beyond code new construction programs – training

## 2004 Energy Code ProjectPriorities 

**Resource**  - serve as a technical, training and information resource to assist the Northeast states in the update and implementation of building energy codes.
**Residential builder training** - assist states in the customization and implementation of the Northeast Residential Energy Code Training and Field Guides.
**Commercial code & beyond code training** – assist states with implementation and outreach of code and beyond code trainings.

## 2004 Energy Code ProjectPriorities 

**Code update** – facilitate and assist in the development and evaluation of the proposed changes to national model building energy codes and identify their effects on the northeast states.
**Communicate** – Newsletters, Advisory Committee, Fall Workshop (November 17th & 18th of 2004), topical teleconferences

## 2004 Training and Technical Resources 

**Building  Energy Codes Training Services**  – to assist Northeast states to achieve a high level of building energy code compliance.
**Resources** - include training curricula, field guides, workshops and training project development and facilitation.
**Approach**
- Training Partnerships to plan and implement quality training.
- Customized Materials to meet state specific needs.
- Linking to Energy Code and Beyond Code Programs.
- Leveraging Resources - States, USDOE, Energy Efficiency Administrators, Utilities, BCAP, CSG, EEBA, ECW, etc.

## Other NEEP Training and Technical Resources 

**Building  Operator Certification (BOC)** – is to establish and maintain resource-efficient building operations and maintenance.
**High  Performance School Exchange**  – is a regional information resource managed by NEEP to support the application of high performance design principles in the design and construction of new and renovated K-12 schools in the Northeast.
**NEEP Training Resources**  **Contact:**
- 	Louis DeGeorge – Director of Training and Education       email: ldegeorge@neep    telephone: (781) 860-9177 ext. 27

## Summary

- 	For any Regional Building Energy Codes Project to meet goals of significant energy savings and a high level of energy code compliance we must:
- Continue to work together, as a team and in partnership.
- Maintain quality communication.
- Share goals, information and technology.
- Learn from regionally, nationally and internationally experiences.

## Contact:	Doug Schanne, 	Phone:(203) 235-0323 

- Contact:	Doug Schanne, 	Phone:(203) 235-0323
- E-mail:	dschanne@neep.org
- Contact: 	Kevin Donahue	Phone:(781) 860-9177 x13
- E-mail:	kdonahue@neep.org
- Web-site:	www.neep.org

## Outdoor Lighting From Space

**Notes:**
Question how much energy do we use in the Northeast Region?

Answer: 

Instead of looking up some figure in a Department of Energy Report, let us look down from a satellite. This is just one use of energy discuss briefly heating and cooling, interior lighting and other mechanical systems.