Author: Maureen Guttman

Survey of Advanced Residential Building Techniques and Technologies and Their Impacts on Energy Codes

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Survey of Advanced Residential Building Techniques and Technologies and Their Impacts on Energy Codes There is a distinct lack of knowledge on commonly used building practices that save energy in homes. However, energy codes need to advance by incorporating such practices, not by mandating new technologies and techniques. In the spring of 2009, BCAP conducted a builder survey to collect data on what is common practice and uncover opportunities to “catch up” the code to energy efficie...
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Greater Energy Savings Through Building Energy Performance Policy: Four Leading Policy And Program Options

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Greater Energy Savings Through Building Energy Performance Policy: Four Leading Policy And Program Options Author: The State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Many state and local policymakers have enthusiastically supported policies such as energy codes, building audit requirements, and incentives for efficient equipment, as just a few examples. These policies have been established with the intent to make significant improvements to energy efficiency. However, their outcomes are often base...
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Impact Evaluation: Nebraska’s Residential Energy Code Training Program

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Impact Evaluation: Nebraska's Residential Energy Code Training Program Prepared by the Britt/Makela Group, Inc. for the Institute of Market Transformation (IMT), this report presents the results of an impact evaluation of a building energy code training campaign on residential code compliance rates in the state of Nebraska. The authors conducted field inspections on a sample of 42 newly-constructed homes in Nebraska—normalizing, modeling, and comparing the results to a pre-training compliance e...
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True Cost of the 2012 IECC for New Homes in Virginia

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True Cost of the 2012 IECC for New Homes in Virginia Upgrading new homes in Virginia to the 2012 IECC will reduce out-of-pocket expenses for homeowners – paying off their initial investment in a matter of months. For the average new home, the 2012 IECC will only increase construction costs by $2,197. When this amount is rolled into the average mortgage, real costs to homebuyers will mean a down payment increase of only $440, and $8 extra on monthly mortgage bills. The added mortgage costs...
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Virginia 2012 IECC Analysis

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Virginia 2012 IECC Analysis Energy cost savings for a 2012 IECC home are estimated to be $196-368 per year ($16-31 per month), when compared to homes meeting the current energy code. Break-even on investment - the additional down payment and slight mortgage payment increase - occurs in as little as 15 months. After the break-even point, homeowners achieve a net profit (energy savings less mortgage costs) of $97-$267 annually. 2012 IECC homebuyers pocket $2,502 and $7,644 in net profits over the...
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True Cost of the 2012 IECC for New Homes in Tennessee Climate Zone 4

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True Cost of the 2012 IECC for New Homes in Tennessee Climate Zone 4 Upgrading new homes in Tennessee’s Climate Zone 4 to the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) will reduce out-of-pocket expenses for homeowners – paying off their initial investment in a matter of months. For the average new home, the 2012 IECC will only increase construction costs by a total of $2,344. When this amount is rolled into the average mortgage, real costs to homebuyers will mean a down payment inc...
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