harry guy haynes, ckd
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Harry sent this along. My response is the US should have been here 30 years ago. The Republicans are getting swept up by the history they resisted:
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Challenging the Status CodeThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) attended the Final Action Hearings of the International Code Council® on September 17-23, 2008, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN. Released before the hearings, the new Setting the Standard highlights this event in its series about DOE’s goal to reduce the energy consumption of International Energy Conservation Code® (IECC) compliant homes by 30%, relative to the 2006 IECC, by the year 2012. The Final Action Hearings closed a three-year code development cycle that considered more energy efficiency improvements than any development cycle in the history of the IECC. See the Final Action Hearings results at http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/2007-08cycle/results-MN.html. Raising the Standard of Energy Efficiency In each edition of Setting the Standard, Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) staff provide an update about their work to increase the efficiency of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2010 by 30% relative to Standard 90.1-2004. BECP’s forward motion toward the 30% goal is being supported by a strong partnership with ASHRAE. Recent articles focused on BECP’s achievements in lighting to support the 30% goal. This article highlights another major BECP activity to improve the Standard: whole-building simulation. BECP is using the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) new, state-of-the-art, simulation tool, EnergyPlus, to develop Benchmark buildings. Benchmark buildings will be used to provide feedback to DOE and ASHRAE on how ASHRAE is progressing toward 30% improvement as well as to prepare DOE’s formal determination of energy savings for Standards 90.1-2007 and 90.1-2010. |
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You can read it there because I can’t copy it here:
http://www.energycodes.gov/news/sts/pdfs/standard_september08.pdf#page=3
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When you go to their actual website you would be hard pressed to find anything about the new codes however:
September 17, 2008
Deputy Assistant Secretary Honored with Service to America Medal
Sept. 16, 2008 – Steven G. Chalk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy in DOE’s Office of EERE, was honored with a Service to America Medal.
September 12, 2008
New Campaign Encourages Tweens to Make Smart Energy Choices
Sept. 12, 2008 – DOE and the Advertising Council announced the launch of a new series of public service advertisements designed to educate tweens about the importance of energy efficiency.
August 27, 2008
EERE Kicks Off Old Refrigerator Recycling Effort
A special exhibit at the National Building Museum features old refrigerators made into art for DOE’s ENERGY STAR® Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign.
DOE to Invest $35 Million in Concentrating Solar Power Projects
September 19, 2008
DOE Awards up to $7.3 Million to 14 Water Power Projects
September 18, 2008
DOE and Ad Council Launch Energy Efficiency Campaigns for Kids
September 12, 2008
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All the at way at the bottom is the “subscribe to the newsletter switch”. NOT the “read the newsletter switch” and their web pages collectively say nothing about the above newsletter at all. After 8 years of Bush and the science deniers, it is time to move on.
Oh and by the way, they are seeking 8 billion $$$ in loan gaurentees. Where is the irony in that.???