Proposed residential building standards: draft environmental impact report

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6542599

The Warren-Alquist Act of 1974 requires the California Energy Commission to adopt and periodically update energy-conservation standards for new residential buildings. The Act also requires the CEC to adopt performance standards for new buildings. With increased energy costs, the CEC staff proposed to update the current energy-conservation standards and they are a hybrid of performance and prescriptive requirements. The proposed standards do not cover hotels, motels, or buildings over 3 stories high. The purpose of an environmental impact report (EIR) is to provide public agencies and the public in general with detailed information about the effects a proposed project is likely to have on the environment, to list ways in which the significant effects of such a project might be minimized, and to indicate alternatives to the project. The contents of this Draft EIR includes: a project description; a description of the environmental setting, impacts, and mitigation measures; a discussion of alternatives; and an indication of growth-inducing impacts. The Draft EIR discusses both environmental and socio-economic impacts of the proposed standards compared to both the current standards and the pre-1975 practices. (MCW)

• Research Organization: California Energy Commission, Sacramento (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6542599
• Report Number(s): P-700-80-013
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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