Re: SB: California Energy Standards

[abjordan@pobox.com]

Thomas Lockhart wrote:

>> 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,

Those are suggested "goals" or "idea suggestions."  Most likely, related
to this site:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/appd/eshomes/eshomes.nsf

http://yosemite.epa.gov/appd/eshomes/eshomes.nsf/WebDocsLookup/Background


>> 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 ;)

Compare temps:

California
http://www.weatherpoint.com/shared/state/0,1788,2066-CA,00.html

Montana
http://www.weatherpoint.com/shared/state/0,1788,2066-MT,00.html


I'm sure all those California homes moved to Montana would have their
water pipes frozen and broken, within one week, since their heaters
couldn't keep up :-)

I have this feeling, that millions of older California homes are without
insulation, and if you trace the history of energy conserving laws, they
were to late to effectively effect a relevant change in energy
consumption.  Hence, I think this PR is BS, about lowest energy users;
it suggests Californians are "ahead of the pack."  Bah :-(((




AJ