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minimum requirements for energy efficient designs for buildings except for low‐rise residential buildings. Similar in concept to California’s Title 24, Part 6, many states use this standard for energy efficiency
compliance requirements.
Assembly Bill 549: Assembly Bill 549 directs the Energy Commission to ʺinvestigate options and develop a plan to decrease wasteful peak load energy consumption in existing residential and nonresidential buildings ... and report its findings to the Legislature.ʺ (AB 549, Longville, Chapter 905,
Statutes of 2001)
Assembly Bill 758 (AB 758): Legislation passed in 2009 requiring the Energy Commission to develop programs and regulations to cost effectively improve the energy efficiency of existing building stock in California. It also requires the CPUC to evaluate financing options using existing
and proposed IOU programs.
Assembly Bill 1103: Legislation passed in 2007 requiring the Energy Commission to develop regulations to ensure that buildings that are sold, leased, or refinanced obtain an energy rating using Energy Star Portfolio Manager and to disclose the rating to potential buyers, lessees or lenders.
Assembly Bill 2021: Legislation passed in 2006 that required POU’s to estimate potentially achievable cost effective energy efficiency at least once every three years, to establish annual energy efficiency improvement targets using a 10‐year rolling estimate, to have their savings claims
evaluated independently, and report annually on these activities to their customers and to the Energy
Commission. The Energy Commission is required to
report on POU activities in the IEPR. Compliance Improvement
Advisory Group:
Collaborative of professionals from a variety of organizations, such as building departments, contractors, utilities and the Energy Commission, to help increase compliance with California’s energy
standards.
Contractors State License Board: Governing body that regulates and licenses the contractor industry in California.
Cool Roof Rating Council: Non‐profit organization that develops methods for evaluating and labeling the thermal emittance and solar reflectance of various roofing products. Energy Action Plan: A program of the California Public Utilities
Commission. The Energy Action Plan was founded by an Energy Action Plan document that established shared goals and proposed specific actions to ensure that adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced electrical power and natural gas supplies are achieved and provided through policies, strategies, and actions that are cost‐effective and environmentally sound for Californiaʹs consumers and taxpayers. The Energy Action Plan was originally released in 2003, and updated in 2008.
Energy Star Portfolio Manager: A whole building energy use rating and benchmarking tool that results in a numeric score where 100 is a very efficient building and zero is a very inefficient
building.
EnergyPro: A privately developed software tool which is approved by the California Energy Commission to show compliance with the performance approach in the Building Efficiency Standards (Title
24). EnergyPro is also currently used in the investor
owned utility whole house performance programs to
establish an energy usage baseline, model potential improvements, and predict post‐installation energy savings.
Global Warming Solutions Act Legislation authorizing the Air Resources Board to develop programs and regulations to reduce statewide
(AB 32): greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Green Economy: A term used by the Employment Development
Department to convey economic functions which
generate and store renewable energy, recycle existing materials, involve energy efficient product
manufacturing, distribution, construction, installation,
and maintenance, education, compliance, and
awareness, or natural and sustainable products and
manufacturing.
Guidance Decision CPUC 2013‐14 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Guidance
Decision; D. 12-05-015. Available at
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/
HERS Provider Data Registry: Database that contains a list of certified HERS raters and results of HERS verification and diagnostic tests. HERS Provider: Organizations approved by the Energy Commission to
train and oversee Raters conducting HERS verification in newly constructed buildings, alterations, additions,
the New Solar Home Partnership Program (newly
constructed residential buildings), and to perform
California Whole‐House Home Energy Ratings.
HERS Rater: An individual certified by a HERS provider to test the energy features of a home and produce a HERS rating describing the energy efficiency of the home.
Home Energy Score: A federal asset rating tool being developed by the Department of Energy in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for residential
buildings.
Interim Performance Approach: An approach to modeling existing residential
buildings that was developed by the California Energy Commission in conjunction with the California Public
Utilities Commission. The Interim Performance
Approach was intended to provide a standardized
methodology for simulating existing building energy
use and projected savings from the installation of efficiency measures while the HERS Whole House
program was under development. The Interim
Performance Approach utilizes EnergyPro software
and allows building performance contractors to
conduct simulations and develop information required
Whole House performance programs.
International Code Council: Association that supports the development of codes and standards in the construction industry to ensure safe and affordable construction practices.
Investor Owned Utilities: For profit utilities owned by private investors and regulated by the CPUC.
Junior Capital: Junior capital is capital that is offered as a portion of a loan or portfolio of loans, but is second in line, or subordinate, to the senior capital. In the event of loss or default on a loan, the senior capital will be fulfilled before the junior capital.
Loan Loss Reserve Fund: A loan loss reserve fund is a reserve fund used to offset the impact of defaults on a loan to the financial institution lending the money. In a loan loss reserve fund, monies are set aside and are drawn upon to cover delinquent payments or defaults on a loan, mitigating losses to the lender.
National Association of Stat Energy Officials:
Non‐profit organization composed of governor‐ delegated energy officials from each state and
territory, along with members from public and private entities, in an effort to improve state energy programs and policies.
National Fenestration Rating Council:
Non‐profit organization that independently rates and labels the energy efficiency qualities of doors,
windows, skylights, and attachment products.
Off Balance Sheet: Off‐balance sheet is a term used to indicate a type of debt that does not appear on a traditional ‘balance sheet.’ An example of this would be a service agreement, where the company offering the service provides the up‐front capital and requests repayment on a monthly basis. In this arrangement, the
‘borrower’ is obligated by contract to repay a sum of money, but the sum does not appear as a traditional loan on a balance sheet.
Performance Approach: Method for demonstrating compliance with
California’s energy standards that allows for tradeoffs between the energy efficiency of various building
PowerPathway: A PG&E training program using a sector strategy approach and is offered in collaboration with high schools, community colleges, the public workforce development system, unions, and four‐year universities.
PowerSaver: A subsidized lending product offered through the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development’s
(HUD) Title 1 pilot program.
Prescriptive Approach: Method for demonstrating compliance with
California’s energy standards by requiring minimum
energy efficiency levels are attained by each building
component.
Publicly Owned Utilities: Non‐profit utilities regulated by locally elected boards. Senate Bill 375: The Sustainable Communities Act of 2008 requires
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) to
develop transportation related greenhouse gas
reduction targets for 2020 and 2035; requires MPO’s to develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy Plan to achieve those targets. SB375 also includes incentives for local governments to voluntarily comply.
Senate Bill 454: Legislation that authorizes the Energy Commission to establish a process to enforce appliance energy
standards and prohibits public utilities from issuing rebates for energy upgrades unless certification has been obtained that the improvements follow all
permitting and licensing requirements.
Senate Bill 1037: Legislation passed in 2005 that required the POU’s to use cost effective energy efficiency as the preferred first energy source when procuring new resources and to report annually on their energy efficiency activities to their customers and to the Energy Commission. Senate Bill X7‐7: The Water Conservation Act of 2009 requires water
purveyors in the State to reduce water consumption, on a per capita basis, by 20 percent by 2020.
Smart Grid Infrastructure: Meters that use information and communications technology to gather and act on information, such as information about the behaviors of suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of
the production and distribution of electricity, natural gas and other commodities.
State Energy Sector Partnership Grant:
A program funded by the Department of Labor. The purpose is to develop regional sector strategies for energy efficiency and renewable energy industries that align the Governor’s overall workforce vision, state energy policies, and local and regional training
activities that lead to employment in targeted industry sectors.
Strategic Plan CPUC and CEC Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan
Test In / Test Out: A method to determine performance of systems before
and after an energy efficiency measure is installed. Most frequently used for residential retrofit energy efficiency projects.
Warren‐Alquist Act: Legislation that gives statutory authority to the Energy
Commission and requires the Energy Commission to
periodically update and adopt building standards to decrease the waste in the use of energy.
Western HVAC Performance Alliance:
Collaborative of professionals from the HVAC industry, utilities, and the CPUC to help support the goals outlined in the California Long‐Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.