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Efficiency groups warn against adding renewables, appliances and lighting to residential performance path
Summary
Efficiency and rating‑industry representatives said adding on‑site renewable generation, appliances and lighting to the residential performance reference design risks large trade‑offs that could reduce long‑term building efficiency and reward already planned on‑site generation with 'unearned credit.'
Sarah Newman of the Responsible Energy Codes Alliance urged the board not to add renewable energy, lighting and appliances to the residential performance path’s standard reference design, saying the change “will open the door to substantial efficiency trade offs and unearned credit.”
Newman and other experts argued that awarding trade‑off credit for on‑site…
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