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Hayward’s New Municipal Building Zero Net Energy Policy

June 1, 2016

best practices, buildings, codes and standards, EE municipal programs, energy efficiency, Local Governments in Action, reach codes, weekly updates, zero net energy (ZNE)

As shared by the City of Hayward in their recent press release: 2016—Hayward leads again! The Hayward City Council recently directed staff to assure that all new municipal buildings, as well as significant retrofits of existing municipal (more…)

Palo Alto Leads on Energy Efficiency Codes, Proposes City Council Adoption of 2016 Reach Code

May 31, 2016

Sarina Soor

bay area, best practices, CEC, codes and standards, energy efficiency, Local Governments in Action, publications, reach codes, Title 24, weekly updates, zero net energy (ZNE)

Earlier this month, the City of Palo Alto shared its findings on adoption of reach code to require building energy efficiencies 10% above the 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6). Excerpts from the City’s report to City Council are available below – these excerpts provide a great overview of how reach codes…

Energy Code Ace Update: Request a Class!

May 27, 2016

Sarina Soor

buildings, codes and standards, energy efficiency, Title 24, training, weekly updates

Request a Free Class on the 2016 Standards Today. Did you know you can request an Energy Code Ace Title 24 Part 6 Essentials training be brought to a location of your choice? You can – and it’s free of charge. To schedule one, simply submit a (more…)

UCLA Blueprint: Los Angeles Energy Atlas and the New Proposed LA Existing Buildings Ordinance

May 20, 2016

Sarina Soor

benchmarking, best practices, buildings, codes and standards, energy data, energy efficiency, RECO/CECO, southern california, southern coast, stakeholder engagagement

The launch of the Los Angeles Energy Atlas was covered in the Fall 2015 edition of our CURRENTS newsletter. Get an update and learn from UCLA in Power Users: Learning to Waste Less how the Atlas has been used for the development of Los Angeles’s new (more…)

ZNE Districts Workshop May 12th

May 5, 2016

Sarina Soor

buildings, codes and standards, CPUC, energy efficiency, events, financing, reach codes, strategic planning, weekly updates, workshops, zero net energy (ZNE)

As shared by the CPUC: one of the more promising opportunities that has emerged from the initial work with stakeholders and the CPUC on the California Commercial Zero Net (more…)

Build It Green Presentation April 2016: Zero Net Energy and the Road Ahead

April 28, 2016

Sarina Soor

building energy efficiency standards, codes and standards, energy efficiency, reach codes, residential, zero net energy (ZNE)

Starting at 3:07, Build It Green reviews the ZNE policy environment, ordinances local governments are considering, ways savings are calculated – and then introduces leaders (more…)

CEC Alert to SCE 2016 Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Trainings

April 27, 2016

Sarina Soor

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In partnership with SCE, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has shared the following: The 2016 Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards will be more stringent than prior (more…)

CPUC Conference Call for Clarification on Baselines White Paper May 2nd

April 26, 2016

Sarina Soor

AB 802, benchmarking, codes and standards, cost-effectiveness, CPUC, EE programs, energy data, energy efficiency, evaluation, events, funding, incentives, measurement & verification, rolling portfolio, stakeholder engagement

CORRECTED PAPER AND UPDATED COMMENTS DEADLINES RELEASED BY THE CPUC 4/28: Please see here. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has shared to R.13-11-005/rolling portfolio stakeholders that Commission Staff will hold a conference call to answer (more…)

CPUC White Paper on Energy Efficiency Baselines for EE Programming, AB 802 Implementation: Comments Due May 10th

April 22, 2016

Sarina Soor

AB 802, CEC, codes and standards, cost-effectiveness, CPUC, EE programs, EE Strategic Plan, energy data, evaluation, funding, incentives, measurement & verification, rolling portfolio, SB 350, weekly updates

CORRECTED PAPER AND UPDATED COMMENTS DEADLINES RELEASED BY THE CPUC 4/28: Please see here. Yesterday afternoon, the CPUC’s Energy Division released its staff proposal on Energy Efficiency Baselines, following the commitments made in October’s rolling portfolio CPUC (more…)

Cool Roofs Code Support: Completed Cost-Effectiveness Study for All Climate Zones

April 15, 2016

Sarina Soor

building energy efficiency standards, building envelope, CEC, codes and standards, cool roofs, PG&E, reach codes, RECO/CECO, SCE, SCG, SDG&E

With the passage of the new 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (BEES) last year, local governments will have the latter half of this calendar year to (more…)

SDG&E High Opportunity Projects and Program (HOPPs) Proposals Stakeholder Meeting Follow Up: Submit All Comments by 4/13

April 12, 2016

Sarina Soor

AB 802, codes and standards, commercial, CPUC, EE programs, energy efficiency, events, funding, lighting, multi-family, retro-commissioning, rolling portfolio, SDG&E, stakeholder engagement

San Diego Gas & Electric Company held a stakeholder meeting on April 12, 2016, to review and discuss its High Opportunity Projects and Program proposals. Stakeholders are (more…)

Zero Net Energy Retrofit Tour in Sunnyvale

April 8, 2016

Sarina Soor

bay area, buildings, codes and standards, commercial, energy efficiency, events, green building, northern california, zero net energy (ZNE)

Check out the below opportunity to tour a zero net energy (ZNE) retrofitted structure in Sunnyvale – if interested in attending, click to register before 4/11 to avoid a price increase: Previewing The Next NZE Retrofit in Sunnyvale Have you asked yourself how Silicon Valley will meet the challenge of ever-higher energy efficiency standards with its…

From Outside the State: Seattle Passes New Building Energy Efficiency Ordinance

April 1, 2016

Sarina Soor

benchmarking, best practices, buildings, codes and standards, cost-effectiveness, energy data, energy efficiency, evaluation, measurement & verification, reach codes, RECO/CECO, retro-commissioning

The City of Seattle has passed energy efficiency-promoting in the three following areas: • Energy Use Disclosure — The Benchmarking Amendments ordinance updates Seattle’s existing building energy benchmarking law to include public transparency of building performance on energy use. • Retro-commissioning — The Building Tune-Ups ordinance phases in a requirement that commercial buildings 50,000 square feet or larger be “tuned-up” every…

CEC Energy Code Trainings to be Made Available through ICC Chapters

April 1, 2016

Sarina Soor

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) has developed a list of Energy Code Trainings that will be made available at multiple locations throughout the state through International Code Council (ICC) Chapters. Highlights from the list are (more…)

Using Disclosure for Market Transformation: Berkeley’s new Building Energy Savings Ordinance (BESO) and the U.S. DOE Home Energy Score

March 29, 2016

Sarina Soor

AB 802, bay area, benchmarking, best practices, codes and standards, EE community programs, energy data, energy efficiency, Local Governments in Action, reach codes, RECO/CECO, Regional Energy Networks, weekly updates

In today’s Regional Forum held by the Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN), StopWaste presented on how the City of Berkeley’s Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance (RECO) was updated to the new Building Energy Savings Ordinance, or “BESO,” why it was updated, and how the new BESO, or a version thereof, could be a gentle but…