{"id":975,"date":"2014-07-18T19:27:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/?p=975"},"modified":"2014-07-18T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:27:04","slug":"bipartisan-energy-codes-bill-a-boon-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/bipartisan-energy-codes-bill-a-boon-for-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Energy Codes Bill a Boon for Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On July 8, 2014 bipartisan legislation was introduced by Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) would help promote savings in commercial buildings and residential homes through the use of more cost-effective energy codes, which set energy efficiency baselines for buildings, according to the Nation Association of Home Builders (NAHB).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy requiring that any code or proposal supported by the Department of Energy has a payback of 10 years or less, the bill would allow home owners to invest in energy-efficient insulation, windows, lighting and other features that will significantly reduce their utility bills,\u201d said NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly.<!--more--><!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to accelerating cost-savings for home owners, the Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act (H.R. 5027) stipulates that the Department of Energy would serve as a technical advisor in the development of energy codes and prohibit the agency from advocating for certain technologies, building materials or construction practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agency\u2019s strong suit is technical analysis and its calculations on payback and efficiency can help code officials make more informed decisions and result in cost-effective code change proposals,\u201d said Kelly. That transparency leads to better building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the bill would ensure that all Department of Energy code change proposals are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Made available to the public, including calculations on costs and savings;<\/li>\n<li>Subject to the official rulemaking process, allowing for public comment; and<\/li>\n<li>Taking into account small business concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis bill will help ensure that new homes become increasingly energy efficient, but not at a pace that the market cannot bear,\u201d said John Floyd, principal of Ole South Properties in Nashville. \u201cOur buyers want to be assured that the additional costs comes with a reasonable payback so they can recoup the money they spent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1000,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}