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In 1990, the Washington State legislature passed a residential energy efficiency code to be effective July 1, 1992. The Bonneville Power Administration {Bonneville) supported passage and implementation of the code ~ to ensure that new electrically heated residences in the State of Washington were as energy efficient as possible. Bonneville contracted with the Washington State Energy Office {WSEO) to provide code implementation support to the building industry and code enforcement jurisdictions through the Washington State Energy Code {WSEC) program. Support under the WSEC program includes training and other activities to provide builders and building inspectors with knowledge of the energy efficiency features of the code to ensure high levels of code compliance. Participation of builders and subcontractors in training needs to be increased; a certification process might increase participation. The WSEC needs to be revised to simplify implementation and to adapt it to building code revision cycles. Bonnev1ille should review the role of energy efficiency codes as resource acquis~tion mechanisms and adopt a clear policy regarding this role. Energy efficiency should continue to be promoted to ensure market demand for energy-efficient homes and high levels of code compliance. Code compliance can be evaluated and savings projected using quantitative measures.

Portions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. Foreword This report is one in a series of documenti describing research activities in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Standards Program. The Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) leads the program for DOE. The goal of the program is to develop and encourage the implementation of performance standards to achieve the maximum practicable energy efficiency in the design of new buildings. Such. standards are required of DOE by Title III of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 USC 6831 et seq.) as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct, Public Law 102-486). The program approach to meeting the goal is to initiate and manage individual research and standards and guidelines development efforts that are planned and conducted in cooperation with representatives from throughout the buildings community. Projects under way involve practicing architects and engineers, professional societies and code organizations, industry representatives, and researchers from the private sector and national laboratories. Research results and technical justifications for standards criteria are provided to standards development and model code organizations and to Federal, State, and local jurisdictions as a basis to update their codes and standards. This effort helps to ensure that building standards incorporate the latest research results to achieve maximum energy savings in new buildings, yet remain responsive to the needs of the affected professions, organizations, and jurisdictions. Our efforts also support the implementation, deployment, and use of energyefficient codes and standards. This document describes a series of workshops held in five U.S. cities in 1994 conducted for DOE-by Building Energy Standards Program staff with assistance from DOE Regional Support Office staff. The purpose of the workshops was to share information about EPAct requirements for state energy codes with state energy offices and other interested parties. Readers with questions, comments, or suggestions about this document or the work it describes are encouraged to contact the author@), program managers, or project managers.

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