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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Draft EIR Energy FirstCarbon Solutions 3.5-5 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/EIR/3 - Draft EIR/21480016 Sec03-05 Energy.docx Construction Sector Land use development projects consume fuel during construction operations. Because of energy and efficiency requirements, off-road diesel equipment dominates the industry. Provisions in California’s In-Use Off-Road Diesel Fleets regulation under California Code of Regulations Title 13 not only provide protection from air pollution but also promote the use of newer, well-tuned, and maintained equipment, and provide regulatory limits on unnecessary idling. These measures minimize toxic diesel exhaust and result in energy efficiency and avoidance of wasteful energy use. Residential and Commercial Sector (Buildings and Appliance Energy) California Code of Regulations Title 24 Part 6 (Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings) California Code of Regulations Title 24 Part 6 (California’s Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings) was first adopted in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California’s energy consumption. The standards are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy-efficient technologies and methods. Energy- efficient buildings require less electricity; therefore, increased energy efficiency reduces fossil fuel consumption and decreases GHG emissions. The 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards went into effect on January 1, 2023.12 This update to the building code provides crucial steps in the State’s progress toward 100 percent clean carbon neutrality by midcentury. The 2022 Energy Code builds on California’s technology innovations, encouraging energy-efficient approaches to encourage building decarbonization, emphasizing in particular heat pumps for space heating and water heating. This set of Energy Codes extends the benefits of photovoltaic and battery storage systems and other demand flexible technology to work in combination with heat pumps to enable California buildings to be responsive to climate change. Buildings whose permit applications are applied for on or after January 1, 2023, must comply with the 2022 Energy Code. The Energy Code includes measures that will reduce energy use in single-family, multi-family, and nonresidential buildings. These measures will: • Affect newly constructed buildings by adding new prescriptive and performance standards for electric heat pumps for space conditioning and water heating, as appropriate for the various climate zones in California. • Require photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems for newly constructed multi-family and selected nonresidential buildings. • Electric-readiness is a new mandatory requirement for dwelling unit gas space heating, water heating, cooking, and laundry. Common use areas are exempt from the electric-ready requirement, with the exception of common use area clothes dryers. • Update efficiency measures for lighting, building envelope, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC ); and 12 The 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards will go into effect January 1, 2026.