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[Adam]

We definitely need more bike lanes for my Lyric ebikeboard.

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"kc7ekk ." <kc7...@gmail.com> Jan 17 10:41AM -0700  

David,
 
Those are some good suggestions to improve air quality.
 
 
 
I recently met with my local State Representative Roger Barrus about our
air quality and what we as the public can do to improve it. He is also the
chairman for the Public Utilities and Technology Standing Committee.
 
After being in correspondence with him for several months, he invited me
to discuss with him all the energy improvements that I made to my home and
electric cars and how to potentially put these ideas into
legislation without wrecking the delicate balance
between mandated/socialized programs and public choices.
 
 
 
Here is the list of suggestions that I gave him. Included in that list
were a few of your suggestions, so thanks.
 
 
 
John Loveless
 
www.JohnSavesEnergy.com <http://www.johnsavesenergy.com/>
 
 
 
 
 
While some of these ideas could prove difficult to implement, many of them
could be put in place with negligible cost to the consumer and the public.
 
 
 
*Higher Building Standards and Efficiency/Renewable Energy Incentives: *
 
· Building codes for more insulation and better air sealing in
homes and businesses.
 
· Building code that 30 amp (or higher) 240VAC be wired into every
new garage to allow for fast electric vehicle charging.
 
· Building code or builders incentive that business parking lots be
pre-wired for 2-5 EV charging stations (or at a minimum, provide conduit
for future wiring).
 
· Work with utility companies to plan for these future electric
vehicles and for future EV to Grid, smart electric grids and grid storage
options.
 
· Incentives to help single parents/ poor families to make their
homes more energy efficient.
 
· Code or builders incentive that all new homes come with a basic,
whole-house power monitoring system (for example, A TED5000 system costs
about $250).
 
· Code or builders incentive to build homes using ground-loop heat
pumps (Geothermal HVAC) – They use 4-5 times less energy than a 98%
efficient gas furnace.
 
· If no geothermal HVAC, then building Code that new homes are
built with high efficiency air conditioning (SEER of 20 or higher) equipped
with soft start controllers.
 
· Code or builders incentive to build homes with solar PV
installed.
 
· Code or builders incentive to include conduit or pre-wiring for
future solar panels.
 
· Better state incentives for home owners to install solar PV.
 
· Code or builders incentive to build homes with LED lighting.
 
· State LED light bulb incentives for home-owners. Business
incentive to sell LED bulbs.
 
· Code or builders incentive to build homes with energy efficient
appliances.
 
· State incentives for homeowners to buy energy efficient
appliances.
 
· Law for older, existing housing: As the house is sold, its attic
insulation must meet a determined minimum R-value (R-46 ??). There are
already utility incentives in place for adding insulation so the cost would
be minimal.
 
· No more open flue fire places for wood burning. Any new wood
burning fireplace should be equipped with catalytic converter and heat
exchangers.
 
 
 
*Zoning Laws: *
 
· Zoning or builders incentive to allow for residential homes to
not shade each other and allow for better passive solar heating.
 
· Zoning or builders incentive for homes to be oriented for passive
solar heating.
 
· Zoning or builders incentive for roof-lines and eves to provide
passive shading for windows during the summer time and still allow passive
solar heating in the winter time.
 
· Zoning or builders incentive for roof area to be conducive to
mounting solar panels.
 
· Zoning to preserve small farms close to neighborhoods (more local
food and reduced shipping costs).
 
· Zoning to allow for better walking/biking egress through the
neighborhood. (discourage long dead-end streets). Each neighborhood
developed should not be sequestered off from the adjacent one.
 
· Schools and recreational centers should be within walking
distances from homes. Build multistory schools.
 
· All new government buildings to use ground-loop heat pumps
(Geothermal HVAC).
 
 
 
*The State Government as an Example for Adopting Electric Vehicle Use.
*Service
trucks do lots of starting and stopping. Regenerative braking in an EV is
a perfect compliment for these energy wasting tasks. EVs also have a much
lower lifetime fuel/maintenance cost.
 
· Electric mail delivery trucks (5-10 initially) with 240V fast
charging station at each post office.
 
· Electric garbage trucks (3-5 initially).
 
· Electric police vehicles (5-10 initially). Police have to idle
more than any other vehicle on the road. An EV also has better
acceleration than a comparable gas car.
 
· Electric vehicles provided to 20-30 government employees for
commuting.
 
· More public charging stations.
 
· More state incentives to get Electric vehicles.
 
 
 
*Promote Efficient Driving/Transportation: *
 
· Lower freeway speed-limits (55 mph??) inside air-shed-sensitive
areas. Air resistance increases 8x for every doubling in speed; increased
fuel consumption follows.
 
· Excessive idling laws (already starting to happen).
 
· All cars to display instantaneous and average fuel mileage (more
of a Federal Law?).
 
· Better traffic light synchronization.
 
· Free public transportation for everyone along the Wasatch front
during bad air periods (winter time inversions and summer fire seasons).
 
· Extended hours of operation for public transportation.
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

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