HUD Phoenix Energy Workshop September 16-17, 2008

1. Incorporating
Energy Efficiency
into
HOME-funded Affordable
Housing Development
Developed By:

2. Who We Are
►Workshop sponsor
● HUD CPD San Francisco Regional Office
►Session developed by ICF International
● Katherine Daniel, Presenter
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3. Ground Rules
►Ask Questions
►Share Ideas and Strategies
►Learn Together
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4. Introduction
to the
Technical Guide
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5. Purpose of the Technical Guide
►Energy Efficient measures
reduce the use of limited resources
►HUD adopted Energy Efficiency Guidelines
● Energy Star New Homes in eligible New
Construction
● Maximum feasible efficiency in Rehab
►PJ staff play key role in promoting efficiency
in development
►PJ staff need tools to understand, determine,
and promote efficiency measures
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6. History of the Technical Guide
► Started in the Central Valley
● Project purpose
― To provide tools needed to adopt reasonable and appropriate
energy efficiency measures into localities public policy
● Worked with several communities to understand:
― HOME practices and procedures
― Efficiency goals
● Modeled savings achieved
by various efficiency measures
● Created manual that included:
― Actions PJ staff could adopt to encourage efficiency
in development
― Recommendations and descriptions
of the most useful measures
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7. History of the Technical Guide
►Broadened original scope
● Description of common measures to improve energy
efficiency in different project types
● Description of the strategies to encourage energy
efficiency into different project types
● Description of tools for determining the measures
most appropriate to the community
● Energy and Cost Reduction models of most effective
measures for four applicable climate zones
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8. How to Use
the Technical Guide
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9. Who Can Use the Technical Guide
►PJ staff
►CHDOs
►Developers
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10. How the Technical Guide Is Organized
►Part 1—Energy Efficiency Strategies
and Approaches
● New Construction, Rehabilitation,
and Homeowner Assistance
―Common Efficiency Measures
―Encouraging Incorporation of Measures
● Tools to determine cost effective measures
● Partners for Leveraging Resources
● Related Programs
―Renewables and Green building
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11. How the Technical Guide Is Organized
►Part 2—Regional Energy Efficiency
Recommendations
● Weather and non-weather sensitive measures
―Non-weather sensitive measures apply anywhere
―Weather sensitive measures appropriate only in some
areas
● Four climate zones listed
―California Central Valley
―San Francisco Bay Area
―Mountainous
―Desert
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12. PJ Staff
►Determining Measures
● Identify type of project
● Review common measures associated
with project type
● Analyze costs and savings of measures
● Identify measures to promote
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13. PJ Staff
►Promoting Efficiency Measures
● Identify project type
● Adopt measures
● Determine promotion strategy
● Prepare for possible resistance
● Establish partnerships to facilitate
implementation
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14. CHDOs and Developers
►Select Measures to Incorporate
in Projects
● Identify type of project
● Review common measures associated
with project type
● Analyze costs and savings of measures
● Identify measures to promote
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15. General Topics of Interest
If your goal is to understand… See Section(s)…
Part 1
The ENERGY STAR program 1
Measures and processes associated with the ENERGY STAR New Homes program for new construction projects 2.1 – 2.2
How to incorporate ENERGY STAR requirements into a HOME new construction / major rehabilitation program 2.3
Creating incentives for efficiency measures in a new construction / major rehabilitation program 2.3.2
Specific efficiency measures to incorporate into an existing HOME affordable housing program 3.1, 3.2.1, 3.3
How to incorporate efficiency requirements into an existing HOME moderate / minor rehabilitation program 3.2
Benefits of incorporating efficiency measures into multi-family buildings 3.1.1
Creating incentives for efficiency measures in a moderate / minor rehabilitation program 3.2.2
How to estimate the energy and cost savings of incorporating efficiency measures into a rehabilitation project 3.1.2, 4.1-4.3
How to estimate the energy and cost savings specific efficiency measures could create in a specific new construction
4.3
or rehabilitation project
The roles of partners for a program focused on incorporating efficiency measures into an affordable housing project 5
Programs focusing on sustainability other than energy efficiency 6-7
Part 2
Recommendations about non-weather sensitive efficiency measures to consider for projects 2
Recommendations about weather sensitive efficiency measures to consider for projects in a specific climate zone 3
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16. Questions and Answers
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