Re: SB: California Energy Standards

[Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>]

> b. amount of insulation
> required in new home construction in terms of R-Value.

  http://www.ornl.gov/roofs+walls/insulation/ins_16.html

Not sure how accurate it is wrt locations, but the suggested R-value of
49 for the desert area where we hope to build keeps SB high on our list.
Now if we can just satisfy ourselves on the settling, cracking, and
structural issues for liquifaction-prone earthquake country...

> I keep hearing this "California among lowest energy users on per capita
> basis,"  and although this might be true [due to mild seasons and lack
> of heavy industries], I suspect if you moved all those Californians'
> homes to Montana, they would become the highest energy users in US.

Uh, sure. Maybe even if you moved us Californians into Montana-built
homes ;)

                     - Thomas