Evaluation of Boulder, CO, SmartRegs Ordinance and Better Buildings Program

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1039808· OSTI ID:1039808

Arena, Lois; Vijayakumar, Gayathri

Under the SmartRegs ordinance in the city of Boulder, Colorado, all rental properties in the city must achieve an energy efficiency level comparable to a HERS Index of approximately 120 points or lower by the year 2019. The City of Boulder received a $12 million grant from the DOE's Better Buildings initiative to create and incentivize their EnergySmart Program. In this report, the Consortium forAdvanced Residential Buildings (CARB) describes its work with the program, including energy audits of rental properties, developing training programs for insulators and inspectors, and conducting interviews with property owners.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1039808
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-5500-54724; DOE/GO-102012-3574; KNDJ-0-40342-00; TRN: US201210%%159
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, Connecticut
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COLORADO
ENERGY AUDITS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
TRAINING
CARB II
rental housing
energy efficiency
city government
better buildings neighborhood program