Zero Net Energy Buildings and Title 24 Energy Code (Report‪)‬

WHY ZERO NET ENERGY BUILDINGS Climate change is a planetary issue that obliges mankind to reduce greenhouse gas generation. Much of the greenhouse gas generation is the result of energy consumption including buildings, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and industry. Buildings represent ~40% of the US power consumption and are thus significant direct and indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Many of these greenhouse gas sources are interactive with others sources. When we evaluate building energy consumption we endeavor to account for these interactions in our analysis. However, these models are rudimentary and miss many important interactions. In order to achieve the US greenhouse gas reduction goals and California Energy Commission (CEC) requirements it would be useful to comprehensively account for all issues in our analysis of zero net energy buildings including: