2020 Vermont Statutes
Title 30 - Public Service
Chapter 2 - Building Energy
§ 62. Building energy working groups
§ 62. Building energy working groups
(a) Residential Working Group. There is established the Residential Building Energy Labeling Working Group.
(1) The Residential Working Group shall consist of the following:
(A) the Commissioner of Public Service (Commissioner) or designee;
(B) an expert in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies to promote investments in energy efficiency who is not a member of an organization described elsewhere in this subsection, appointed by the Commissioner;
(C) a representative of each energy efficiency utility, chosen by that efficiency utility;
(D) the Director of the State Office of Economic Opportunity or designee;
(E) a representative of Vermont's community action agencies appointed by the Vermont Community Action Partnership;
(F) a representative, with energy efficiency expertise, of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, appointed by that Board;
(G) a building performance professional, appointed by the Building Performance Professionals Association;
(H) a representative of the real estate industry, appointed by the Vermont Association of Realtors; and
(I) such other members with expertise in energy efficiency, building design, energy use, or the marketing and sale of real property as the Commissioner may appoint.
(2) The Residential Working Group shall advise the Commissioner in the development of forms pursuant to section 63 of this title.
(b) Commercial Working Group. There is established the Commercial and Multiunit Building Energy Labeling Working Group.
(1) The Commercial Working Group shall consist of the following:
(A) the Commissioner or designee;
(B) an expert in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies to promote investments in energy efficiency who is not a member of an organization described elsewhere in this subsection, appointed by the Commissioner;
(C) a representative of each energy efficiency utility, chosen by that efficiency utility;
(D) the Director of the State Office of Economic Opportunity or designee;
(E) a representative of Vermont's community action agencies, appointed by the Vermont Community Action Partnership;
(F) a representative, with energy efficiency expertise, of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, appointed by that Board;
(G) a representative of the real estate industry, appointed by the Vermont Association of Realtors; and
(H) such other members with expertise in energy efficiency, building design, energy use, or the marketing and sale of real property as the Commissioner may appoint.
(2) The Commercial Working Group shall advise the Commissioner in the development of forms pursuant to section 63 of this title.
(c) Co-chairs. Each working group shall elect two co-chairs from among its members.
(d) Meetings. Meetings of each working group shall be at the call of a Co-Chair or any three of its members. The meetings shall be subject to the Vermont Open Meeting Law and 1 V.S.A. § 172.
(e) Vacancy. When a vacancy arises in a working group created under this section, the appointing authority shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(f) Responsibilities. The Working Groups shall advise the Commissioner on the following:
(1) requirements for home assessors, including any endorsements, licensure, and bonding required;
(2) programs to train home energy assessors;
(3) requirements for reporting building energy performance scores given by home energy assessors and the establishment of a system for maintaining such information;
(4) requirements to standardize the information on a home energy label; and
(5) other matters related to benchmarking, energy rating, or energy labels for residential, commercial, and multiunit buildings. (Added 2019, No. 62, § 12; repealed on June 30, 2021 by 2019, No. 62 § 15(c).)
