BUILDING EFFICIENCY CODES AS A VEHICLE FOR DEEP ENERGY AND CARBON REDUCTIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR: CALIFORNIA TITLE 24 CASE STUDY Jon McHugh, McHugh Energy Consultants;

The Warren-Alquist Act: Enabling the Building Energy Efficiency Standards In 1974, the California legislature adopted the Warren-Alquist Act, which authorized the creation of the California Energy Commission (CEC) and its authority to regulate energy production and conserve energy. [...] Reduction of wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient or unnecessary consumption of energy The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, do all of the following in order to reduce the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy, including the energy associated with the use of water, and to manage energy loads to help maintain electrical grid reliability: (a)(1) Pres. [...] When determining cost-effectiveness, the commission shall consider the value of the water or energy saved, impact on product efficacy for the consumer, and the life-cycle cost of complying with the standard. [...] All of the CASE reports from 2005 to the current code cycle are posted at , which is the public outreach and resources website for the California building energy code advocacy component of California Statewide Codes and Standards program. [...] Energy codes consider the life cycle savings over the life of the equipment or the life of the building.