Transcript ACEEE Summer Study 2010-IMT Benchmarking Policy

Energy Labeling Policy for
U.S. Homes and Buildings
National League of Cities EENR Steering Committee
Fall Meeting
August 27, 2010 | Gillette, WY
Andrew Burr
Program Manager, IMT
[email protected]
Institute for Market Transformation
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Outline
Introduction to U.S. labeling of homes and
buildings
Why is it important?
Policy Overview – City, State and Federal
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What is Building Energy
Labeling?
Label = Comparative energy performance
measurement, rating and disclosure
Asset rating – Measures structural performance
Operational rating – Measures actual performance
Commercial and residential labeling highly
segmented
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Residential Labels
HERS label
Energy Performance Score label
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Residential Labels
DOE EnergySmart Home Scale
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Residential Labels
• The housing stock is very inefficient, with a typical existing home scoring
about a 130 on the E-Scale (with 100 as 2004 IECC)
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Commercial Labels
ENERGY STAR label
ASHRAE Building EQ label
Why are we Labeling
Buildings?
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U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions by End Use Sector, 2008
Transportation
33%
Commercial 19%
Buildings Residential
21%
Industrial 40%
27%
Why are we Labeling
Buildings?
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 Helps us understand building performance
 U.S. existing building stock: ~300 billion SF = 115,00 ESBs
 Can’t manage what we aren’t measuring
 Smarter policies, effective incentives, better building operations
 Increases accountability for building energy performance
 Feedback loop among architects, engineers, operators and tenants
 Will help bring predicted performance in line with actual
performance
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Leveraging the Market?
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A Familiar Concept
US Law to Make Calorie Counts
Hard to Ignore
Get the Market Thinking
About Energy
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 Energy performance is a blind spot for consumers - homebuyers,
homeowners, building owners, small business tenants and banks
 Market can’t value what it doesn’t know
 Consumers deserve this information
 Creating competition based on energy efficiency will save
consumers money and result in more efficient buildings (retrofits,
management and behavior)
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Labeling
Cycle of Improvement
Ratings for all
homes and
buildings
Ratings disclosed to
market
Efficiency of existing
building stock
continuously improves
Owners improve
efficiency to help
competitiveness
Market compares
building
performance
Market chooses
energy-efficient
property
Market Premiums of Energy Star-labeled
U.S. Commercial Buildings
See www.imt.org/rating-value for more information
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Building Labeling Policy
Innovative policies at state and local levels,
some action on federal level
Voluntary labeling is not sufficient
 Information barriers are persistent – labeling is
the first step to improving the performance of
existing homes and buildings
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U.S.
Labeling
Policies
State and local
SEATTLE (‘10)
PORTLAND, ORE.
WASHINGTON (‘09)
MAINE
OREGON
MASSACHUSETTS
ILLINOIS
NEW YORK CITY (‘09)
MARYLAND
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(‘08)
SAN FRANCISCO
NEW MEXICO
CALIFORNIA (‘07)
AUSTIN (‘08)
Existing Rating + Disclosure
Under Consideration
Public Buildings Only
Existing Residential Disclosure
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Austin ECAD Ordinance
Enacted 2008 and effective mid-2009
 4,500+ home energy audits conducted
Results:
 Ducts leak almost twice the code standard
 Older homes need ~10 inches of insulation to
meet Austin Energy recommended levels
 68% need in-home weatherization
 58% need solar shading
 68% need HVAC air duct system renovation
and sealing
 79% need additional attic insulation
NYC Greener, Greater
Buildings Plan
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 Enacted 2009
 Requires:
 Building Energy
Rating and Disclosure
 Water Benchmarking
 Tenant Submetering
 Lighting Upgrades
 Code Improvements
NYC Greener, Greater
Buildings Plan
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*“Energy Star rated” data from EPA Energy Star Snapshot Spring 2010 report. “Potential” data from PlaNYC Report
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Federal Policy
No U.S. federal policy on labeling
American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES,
Waxman-Markey) passes House in Summer 2009
American Clean Energy and Leadership Act
(ACELA, Bingaman) passes out of committee in
Summer 2009
Bills direct EPA and DOE to create building
energy certificates – neither has passed
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Administration Support
Vice President Biden’s “Middle Class Task
Force” and CEQ release “Recovery Through
Retrofit” October 2009
Outlines economic recovery plan through
creating a home retrofit industry to make
homes more efficient, create jobs
Identifies home energy labeling as priority
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DOE and EPA Take Action
Create National Building Rating Program,
October 2009 in DOE-EPA MOU
DOE in the process of designing a home
energy label and rating methodology
 Includes home energy registry
Work on commercial label to follow
Reaction from industry has been mixed
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NBRP Mock Labels
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Other Federal Initiatives
EISA of 2007 (Bush Energy Bill) – requires
GSA to lease space in buildings that are top
Energy Star achievers beginning end of 2010
SAVE Act in drafting
 Mortgage underwriting would account for expected
energy costs and energy cost savings
 Expected cost savings demonstrated through home
energy ratings
 Supported by homebuilders
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SAVE Act
 Average annual
energy costs
exceed taxes and
insurance, which
are underwritten
in mortgages
Closing Thoughts
• Energy reduction strategies for existing buildings must
leverage the market and must bridge the information
gap
• Labeling for homes and buildings is already mandatory
in many other parts of the world – Europe, China and
Australia
• Federal guidance can be helpful as more local policies
and rating systems come online
• Most action happening in states and cities levels – Cities
can lead the way by labeling city buildings and enacting
local policies
Thank you!
Questions?
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ANDREW BURR
PROGRAM MANAGER, IMT
[email protected]