Codes

Another interesting sideline of the whole NFRC debacle is the manipulation of the energy codes by special interests. Amazing that it will come down to whomever has more money and time to affect the process.

One interesting example is that John Hogan, one of the founding fathers of the NFRC, is a chairman on a code committee with ASHRAE 90.1 He is personally pushing for changes to the U-Factor to basically encourage the outlawing of aluminum windows. You wonder why a guy like John Hogan, who works for the city of Seattle, is so determined to do such... Plus you wonder why a guy who works for the city of Seattle wields so much power... and how a guy who works for the city of Seattle can afford to be at all of these meetings all over the place... Including one in India... and it goes on. Hey the guy is dedicated to his cause, just wonder how the City of Seattle or its taxpayers could benefit from it...

Anyway, moral of the story is in the past special interests have had free reign- well now is the time to get more in tune on what could happen.

Also on the code horizon, a push for more visible light... While the "Green" folks like this and it has some merit- it does not work nationwide and building with high natural light in Vegas or Phoenix would suffer and thus any gains from an energy standpoint would be frittered away.

All I ask for is common sense....