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Architecture 2030 E-News Bulletin
The 2030 Challenge targets adopted by the California Energy Commission
By: Jon Dougal - Monday, December 10, 2007
Source: Various Sources
1. The 2030 Challenge targets adopted by the California Energy Commission
2. House passes Energy Bill containing The 2030 Challenge targets for federal buildings
The 2030 Challenge targets adopted by the California Energy Commission
On December 5, 2007, the California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) plan for achieving zero net energy residential buildings by 2020 and commercial buildings by 2030. "The Energy Commission endorses these ambitious goals and will, with support from the CPUC and the utilities, strive to achieve them through successive cycles of the building standards and appliance standards in combination with other program efforts," according to The Committee Final Report.
House passes Energy Bill containing The 2030 Challenge targets for federal buildings
The House of Representatives passed the Energy Independence and Security Act on December 6, 2007. The bill now goes to the Senate. Section 433 of this bill requires that all federal building's meet the energy performance standards of the 2030 Challenge.
The key passage in this section states that:
buildings shall be designed so that the fossil fuel-generated energy consumption of the buildings is reduced, as compared with such energy consumption by a similar building in fiscal year 2003 (as measured by Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residential Energy Consumption Survey data from the Energy Information Agency), by the percentage specified in the following table:
Fiscal Year Percentage Reduction
2010 55%
2015 65%
2020 80%
2025 90%
2030 100%
To view the California Energy Commission's 2007 Integrated Policy Report
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007publications/CEC-100-2007-008/CEC-100-2007-008-CTF.PDF
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