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submitted to the enforcemen nt agency with an application ffor a building permit. p It also includes docu umentation com mpleted by the contractor or ssubcontractors to t verify that certain system ms and equipm ment have been correctly instaalled. It may incclude reports and test resu ults by third-pa arty inspectors (HERS raters). Ultimately, thee compliance documentatio on is included with w a homeow wner’s manual so that the end d user knows what energy y features are installed in th he house. Com mpliance documentation is completed att the building permit phase,, the construction phase, thee testing and verification phase, and at thee final phase.
Proposed M Measures to Im mprove Compliance California’s llong-term energ gy efficiency sttrategic plan in ncludes goals and a proposed measures forr improving compliance c witth and enforcement of buillding energy efficiency and d appliance stan ndards (table A5.4). A By improv ving enforcemen nt at the local level, the Callifornia long-terrm energy efficciency strategic plan proposess to halve the current rate o of noncomplian nce with codes and standardss by 2012, halve it again by 2016, and ach hieve full complliance by 2020.322 This is in line w with the recent assurance by the governor to reach 90 perccent compliancee by 2017. The SBC C-funded statew wide C&S pro ogram for 20009–2011, alread dy described, proposes to im mplement the measures m outlineed in the plan. Table A5.4. C California Codes s and Standards s Compliance a and Enforcemen nt Goals
Source: CPUC 20008, p. 70.
To createe market deman nd for efficientt homes, awareeness of and infformation on energy efficieency has to be in ncreased. The CEC C has recently y adopted HER RS for existing 33 homes (HER RS II). It will deliver whole--house home eenergy ratings that provide homeowners and homebuy yers with inform mation about tthe energy efficciency of the homes they llive in or homees they are conssidering for purrchase. The ratiings will also provide evalluation of the cost-effectiveneess of options to achieve grreater energy efficiency in those homes. Funding from m ARRA as w well as from th he 2009–2011 programs of tthe IOUs will su upport the implementation of H HERS II.