New Hampshire Energy Code
Compliance
Roadmap
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“Achieving 90% Compliancewith the 2009 InternationalEnergy Conservation Code”
Volume 2
New Hampshire Building Energy Code Compliance Roadmap – Volume 2
April 20, 2012
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Table of Contents
THE
NH
BUILDING
CODE
COMPLIANCE
PROGRAM
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1
I
NTRODUCTION
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1
P
ROJECT
S
COPE
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2
PROGRAM
TASKS
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3
T
ASK
1.
E
STABLISH
A
B
ASELINE
OF
C
OMPLIANCE
...............................................................................................................................
3
T
ASK
2.
D
EVELOP
A
N
EW
H
AMPSHIRE
R
OADMAP
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22
T
ASK
3.
P
ROMOTE
THE
P
ROGRAM
................................................................................................................................................
32
T
ASK
4.
T
RAIN
AND
M
OBILIZE
B
UILDING
P
ROFESSIONALS
.................................................................................................................
38
T
ASK
5.
D
EVELOP
A
P
UBLIC
A
WARENESS
C
AMPAIGN
........................................................................................................................
45
T
ASK
6.
U
PDATE
AND
G
ATHER
B
UILDING
E
NERGY
C
ODE
R
ESOURCES
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50
T
ASK
7.
D
EVELOP
P
OLICY
O
PTIONS
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54
T
ASK
8.
E
STABLISH
A
R
EVIEW
P
ROCESS
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63
T
ASK
9.
R
EPORTING
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73
CONCLUSION
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74
NEXT
STEPS
–
ESTABLISHING
A
“NH
ENERGY
CODE
COLLABORATIVE”
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74
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Figure 1. New Hampshire Code Officials Surveyed 2010, Full and Part-Time ........................................................5Figure 2. Code Officials’ Perception of Compliance (Residential New Construction and Renovations) .................6Figure 3. Residential Energy Code Compliance – By County ..................................................................................7Figure 4. City/Town Involvement in Residential Energy Code Compliance Activities ...........................................8Figure 5. Certification Practices – Residential Projects ............................................................................................8Figure 6. Frequency of Plan Review, by Residential Building System .....................................................................9Figure 7. Frequency of On-Site Inspections, by Residential Building System ....................................................... 10Figure 8. Energy Code Oversight – Builder/Contractor Cooperation ..................................................................... 11Figure 9. Code Officials’ Perceptions of Compliance (C/I/M Buildings New Construction/Renovations) ............12Figure 10. Commercial Energy Code Compliance – By County ............................................................................ 12Figure 11. City/Town Involvement in Commercial Energy Code Compliance Activities ......................................13Figure 12. Frequency of Plan Review, by Commercial Building System ............................................................... 14Figure 13. Frequency of On-Site Inspections, by New Commercial Building System ...........................................15Figure 14. Energy Code Oversight – Commercial Builder/Contractor Cooperation .............................................. 15Figure 15. Code Officials’ Receptiveness to More Stringent Energy Codes .......................................................... 19Figure 16. NHBCC Program Logic Model Diagram. ............................................................................................. 26Table 1. Ranking of Code Enforcement Barriers by NH Code Officials ................................................................17Table 2. Assessment of Various Code Enforcement Models .................................................................................. 18Table 3. Code Officials’ Interactions with State Agencies...................................................................................... 18Table 4. Code Official Satisfaction with State Agency Interactions ....................................................................... 18Table 5. Task 1 Recommendations – Establish a Baseline of Compliance .............................................................20Table 6. Task 2 Recommendations – Develop a New Hampshire Roadmap ..........................................................30Table 7. NHBCC Program Workshop Promotion Publications ..............................................................................33
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