부산대학교 도서관

This report evaluates the enforcement methods and costs of eight jurisdictions participating in Bonneville Power Administration's Early Adopter Program. This program was initiated in 1986 to help jurisdictions within the Pacific Northwest adopt energy-efficient, Model Conservation Standards (MCS) for new residential construction. The objectives of this evaluation are: to document the strategies used by Early Adopters to implement the MCS in their jurisdictions; to estimate the incremental time and cost associated with enforcing the MCS, and to identify changes in enforcement activities and costs that occurred between 1987 and 1989. Each of the eight jurisdictions used either an interactive'' or code-enforcement'' strategy too implement the MCS. All three of the jurisdictions selecting interactive strategies were located in Idaho. The fourth Idaho jurisdiction used a code-enforcement strategy as did the four Washington jurisdictions. The total incremental time spent on MCS enforcement efforts for interactive jurisdictions in our sample was almost twice that of code-enforcement jurisdictions. On average, interactive jurisdictions devoted approximately 9 hours on MCS-related activities for single-family (SF) homes, excluding travel time; code-enforcement jurisdictions spent 5 hours. For both strategies, approximately 40% is spent on inspections, another 40% on plan review, and the remaining 20% is spent providing technical assistance.