| 7.1.6 |
Energy Policy Act
of 1992, Building Energy Codes |
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| --Each State
must certify to the Secretary of Energy whether its energy efficiency
standards with respect to residential and |
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| commercial
building codes meet or exceed those of the Council of American Building
Officials (CABO) Model Energy Code, 1992, |
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American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
respectively. |
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| --Requires
DOE to provide technical assistance and incentive funding to the States to
promote increased use of energy efficiency |
| codes for
buildings. |
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| --Directs the
Secretary to: (1) establish standards that require energy efficiency measures
that are technologically feasible and |
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justified in new Federal buildings; and (2) review them every five years.
Mandates Federal agency compliance with |
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standards. |
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| --Prescribes
guidelines under which DOE shall support the upgrading of voluntary building
energy codes for new residential and |
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buildings. |
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| --The
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture are to
jointly establish energy efficiency standards for |
| residential
housing. Amends Federal law regarding veterans' readjustment benefits to
condition a loan for new residential housing |
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compliance with such standards. |
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| --DOE is to:
(1) issue voluntary building energy code guidelines for use by the private
and public sectors to encourage the |
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energy efficiency ratings for new residential buildings; (2) establish a
technical assistance program for State and |
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organizations to encourage the use of residential energy efficiency rating
systems consistent with such guidelines; |
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| (3) provide
matching grants for the establishment of regional building energy efficiency
centers in each of the regions served by |
| a DOE
regional support office; and (4) establish an advisory task force to evaluate
grant activities. |
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| --HUD is to:
(1) assess the energy performance of manufactured housing and make
recommendations to the National Commission |
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Manufactured Housing regarding thermal insulation and energy efficiency
improvements; and (2) test the performance and |
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cost effectiveness of manufactured housing constructed in compliance with
certain statutory standards. |
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| Authorizes
the States to establish thermal insulation and energy efficiency standards
for manufactured housing if the Secretary |
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issued final regulations by October 1993. |
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| --HUD is to
promulgate a uniform affordable housing plan using energy efficient mortgages
(mortgages that provide financing |
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either for the purchase of energy efficient homes, or for incorporating the
cost of such improvements into the mortgage). |
| --DOE is to
provide financial assistance to support a voluntary national window rating
program that will develop energy ratings and |
| labels for
windows and window systems. Requires the National Fenestration Rating Council
to develop such rating program |
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specified procedures. Requires the Secretary to develop specified alternative
rating systems if a national voluntary |
| window rating
program consistent with this Act has not been developed. |
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| Source(s): |
U.S. Government,
Energy Policy Act of 1992 Conference Report, Oct. 1992. |
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