Assessment of Energy Efficiency Achievable from Improved Compliance with U.S. Building Energy Codes: 2013 - 2030

Abstract

3 Introduction 4 1. Noncompliance: Where Are We Now? 5 1.1 Evaluating Compliance: Methodologies and Issues 6 1.2 PNNL-BECP Compliance Evaluation Protocol 7 1.3 Compliance Evaluation Studies 8 2 Overview of Methodology 13 2.1 New construction 13 2.2 Baseline Compliance 13 2.3 Energy Consumption 14 2.4 Evaluation of Potential Savings 16 3. Key Findings 16 3.1 National Results 16 3.2 State-Level Results 17 Compliance Literature 21 Acknowledgements 25 About the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) 26 Disclaimer 26