# Presentation: 103242

## Outreach & Training for the Massachusetts Commercial Energy Code

- David Weitz, BBRS
- USDOE National Workshop on State Building Energy Codes
- Burlington, VT      July 17, 2001

## Background

- code adopted July 1999, with delay      (mandatory effective date July 2001)
- state-mandated utility funding to support energy codes effort ($350,000 from 1999-2001)
- USDOE grant for management

## Outreach Plan

- target audiences
- design professionals
- architects, engineers, interior lighting designers
- building officials
- general contractors
- owners/developers
- product suppliers & manufacturers
- develop flyer, poster, print advertising
- announce adoption of code
- highlight new aspects
- list training schedule and registration info

## Outreach Plan (cont'd)

- distribute printed materials via:
- local building departments
- trade associations (meetings and direct mail)
- trade publications (ASHRAE, IES, etc.)
- direct mail from BBRS (all registered architects & engineers)

- e-mail notification (through associations)
- attend association meetings
- general information, avoid detailed training
- many chicken dinners

## Website

- on-line seminar registration (regularly updated)
- text of the energy code
- code commentary
- seminar presentations (for in-house use)
- software link to PNNL

## Training Plan

- select trainers
- design professionals (peer credibility)
- develop curriculum
- PNNL materials available
- input by trainers
- mix requirements with examples & theory
- free AIA learning units
- registration fees???

## Sessions

- separate half-day sessions for three disciplines
- envelope, HVAC, lighting (admin covered in each)
- 2 per day in same location
- 11⁄2-hour sessions for COM*check-EZ*
- 2 per day in different locations
- aggressive schedule
- 83 technical sessions in 2000
- 50 technical sessions in 2001
- 25 software sessions in 2001
- locations throughout the state
- registration (and admin training) by BBRS
- additional "in-house" sessions by BBRS on request

## Two-Way Street

- training is opportunity for feedback
- early 2000 sessions led to several amendments

## Attendee Response to Training(scale of 1 "not at all" to 5 "very much")

- Was the _registration service_ convenient for you?	**4.70**
- Was the seminar _location_ convenient for you?		**4.37****	**
- Was the seminar _time_ convenient for you?		**4.51****	**
- Were you satisfied with the _room and refreshments_?	**4.32****	**
- Was the _presentation material_ helpful?			**4.64**
- Were the _handout materials_ helpful?			**4.57**
- Do you feel that the seminar _helped prepare you_ to                      use the new code?						**4.42****	**
- Did the seminar _meet your expectations_?		**4.51**
- Would you _recommend this session_ your colleagues?	**4.67****	**

- (scale of 1 "very poor" to 5 "excellent")
- The trainer's _knowledge of the material_ was...	**4.89****	****4.67****	****4.67**
- The trainer's _presentation skills_ were...	**4.77****	****4.55****	****4.52**

- " GREAT  USE  OF  DOE $ ! "

## Unplanned Support

- requests for BBRS training
- professional associations (inspectors, AGC, IFMA, IESNA)
- state agencies
- independent in-house training
- by colleagues
- by peers
- by salespeople

## Prepare for "Mythinformation"

- inflated cost estimates
- faulty interpretations
- rumors of repeal

## Residential Compliance Study

- low compliance rates
- 46% complied with UA limit...
- ...but only 20% exceeded UA by more than 10%
- significant difference in as-built vs. permit documents
- area/perimeter measurements differed in 80%
- insulation levels differed in 35%
- <20% compliance for penetration and duct sealing
- average heating system 35% oversized
- significant savings (based on 1995 pre-code baseline)
- 23.4% reduction in heating use
- 5.9% reduction in cooling
- 30.4 tons SOx; 24.5 tons NOx; 26,600 tons CO2

## Outreach & Training for the Massachusetts Commercial Energy Code

- David Weitz, BBRS
- USDOE National Workshop on State Building Energy Codes
- Burlington, VT      July 17, 2001