Maximize Energy Efficiency in Existing Commercial, Industrial, and Municipal Buildings (RCI Action 1.3)

Develop a program to retrofit existing commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings in New Hampshire to minimize or eliminate net-CO2 emissions, and further, to ensure that current and future retrofit projects maximize the use of the "embodied energy" in buildings with a phased-in goal to reduce existing buildings net energy consumption by 50% by 2030. Program elements should cover the following: 1) lighting; 2) heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; 3) processes (e.g., air compressor equipment and variable frequency drives); 4) control equipment and technologies; 5) refrigeration equipment; 6) building shell and windows; 7) hot water systems; 8)  water usage; and 9) renewable energy systems.