Getting to High-Performance :What does it take?

Washington D.C.January 13, 2009

Gregg D. Ander, FAIAChief Architect, Southern California Edison

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High-Performance Buildings─Key Attributes

AccessibleAestheticsCost-EffectiveProductiveSecure/SafeSustainableFunctional/OperationalHistoric Preservation

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“A high-performance building cannot be achieved unless the integrated design approach is employed.”

High-Performance Buildings─Integrated Design Approach

4Source: California Energy Commission (2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report, Page 3

State of California─Per Capita Consumption

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California ─Energy Efficiency Budget

* 2009-2011 Budgets have not been approved by CPUC

California IOU EE Authorized Budgets*

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Enabling Policies forAggressive Energy Efficiency

Cost Recovery

Shareholders’ EarningsDecoupling Policy

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EnergyEfficiency

DemandResponse

RenewableEnergy

State of California─Loading Order

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• Codes/Standards/Guidelines– Title 24/Title 20/ASHRAE

• Green House Gas (GHG) Emission Reduction– Assembly Bill 32 (AB32)

Other Enabling Mechanisms

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Long-Term EE Strategic Plan

Zero Net Energy Goals– Residential by 2020– Commercial by 2030

Net-Zero Coordinating CouncilWest Coast Governors InitiativeNew Building Institute (NBI)

Other Initiatives─Partial List

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Rebates– Upstream Programs– Midstream Programs– Downstream Programs

Partnerships– Industrial– Cities & Local Governments

Design Assistance– Savings by Design

Energy Centers– Workshops– Training

Utility Administered Programs

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Energy Centers: Hands-on Training, Education & Learning Environment– Customer Technology Application Center (CTAC)– Agricultural Technology Application Center (AGTAC)– Refrigeration & Thermal Technology Test Centers (TTC)– Southern California Lighting Technology Center

(SCLTC)

Southern California Edison─Customer Focused

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Emerging Technologies (ET)

Demand Response (DR)

Codes & Standards (CS)

Education Training & Outreach (ETO)

Non-Resource Programs

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Advanced Technology Training– Advanced Lighting Controls– Installation, Maintenance &

Troubleshooting

In collaboration with: – IBEW– NECA– Colleges/Universities– Utilities beyond California

April 2, 2009 Meeting @ FERC (Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff)

Southern California Edison─Other EE Activities

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Design Guides– LEED™ Rating System– ASHRAE’s Energy Design Guides– Whole Building Design Guide

Performance Requirements– California Title 24 & Title 20– ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for High

Performance Green Buildings

Language for RFP Modeling Software

– Energy Plus

High Performance Buildings─The Tools

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• The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)• New Buildings Institute (NBI) • U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)• Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)• ASHRAE

High Performance Buildings─Partial List

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Policy Implications

• Decoupling• Shareholder Earnings• Cost Recovery• Executive Orders• Recognition• Tax Incentives• Federal Preemption

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Thank You!

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