Bureaucrats Will Carry Out Mandatory Home Inspections Under Climate
Bill Government vampires ready and waiting to sink their teeth into
the fat hog American taxpayer once more
The controversial climate bill that
is set to be taken up by the Senate on Monday after its passage in the
House will legislate home inspections by government regulators who will
demand to audit every aspect of your property under the threat of substantial
and repeated fines if their visits are denied or their demands not satisfied.
The climate
legislation is written in a manner that automatically assumes that global
warming is taking place and that it is attributed to rising CO2 levels,
despite the fact that this is a highly contentious question and is being
rejected by more and more scientists as time goes by.
As Tony Pacheco writes in his excellent
article today, the bill will "audit every aspect of your home
and life".
The bill states every home owner will
receive an energy audit. What is a home energy audit? It is an intrusive
visit made by the bureaucrats at the Home Energy Team or a similar
group. They will examine and report the way you live your life directly
to RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network) . Light fixtures,
socket types, spas, hot tubs, windows, appliances, walls and roofs
will all be under review. Energy tests will be conducted throughout
your house. At the end of the visit you will receive a report and
a rating. The report will focus on the changes you need to make and
the rating is called a HERS rating (Home Energy Rating System). RESNET
will perform the audits through authorized contractors. RESNET has
adopted the Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards.
The standards set the national procedures for home energy ratings.
According to RESNET, an audit consists
of:
Comprehensive Home Energy Audit - A level of the RESNET Home Energy
Audit process defined by this standard to include the evaluation,
diagnosis and proposed treatment of an existing home. The Comprehensive
Home Energy Audit may be based on a Home Performance Assessment (“Comprehensive
Home Performance Energy Audit”) or Home Energy Rating (“Comprehensive
HERS Audit”), in accordance with the criteria established by
this Standard. A homeowner may elect to go through this process with
or without a prior Home Energy Survey or Diagnostic Home Energy Survey.
Regulations
already in place in some cities for non-residential buildings already
carry fines of $2000 a time for preventing bureaucrats from carrying
out inspections. These will simply be expanded to cover all premises
under the new climate bill.
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Under the RESNET
standards for a home audit, the following procedures will become
law under the climate bill.
704.1.2.3 The Home Energy Survey Professional
shall request copies of utility bills or
written permission to obtain the energy use information from the utility
company, and use
them to produce an estimate of generalized end-uses (base, heating,
and cooling).
704.1.2.5. Minimum Procedures for an In-Home Energy Survey:
704.1.2.5.1.1 R-values of wall/ceiling/floor insulation
704.1.2.5.1.2 Square footage and approximate age of home
704.1.2.5.1.3 Type of windows: glazing type(s) and frame material(s)
704.1.2.5.1.4 Type, model number, and location of heating/cooling system(s)
704.1.2.5.1.5 Type of ductwork, location and R-value of duct insulation,
and any
indications of previous duct sealing
704.1.2.5.1.6 Type of foundation is crawl, basement, or slab
704.1.2.5.1.7 Checklist of common air-leakage sites indicating likely
opportunities
for leakage reduction
704.1.2.5.1.8 Estimated age and efficiency of major appliances such
as
dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and dryers
704.1.2.5.1.9 Number and type of hardwired light fixtures and screw-in
bulbs in
portable lamps suitable for energy efficient re-lamping
704.1.2.5.1.10 Visual indications of condensation
704.1.2.5.1.11 Presence and location of exhaust fans, and determination
of whether
they are vented outdoors
704.1.2.5.1.12 Number and type of water fixtures (e.g. faucets, showerheads)
704.1.2.5.1.13 Presence and type(s) of combustion equipment; identification
of
visually identifiable evidence of flame rollout, blocked chimney, and
corroded or
missing vent connector.
As we have warned, the climate bill
is nothing more than a feast for bloodthirsty government vampires, who
are ready and waiting to suck off the fat hog of the American taxpayer
once more.
Ohio Republican Senator George Voinovich
says it will take a "miracle" for the Senate to pass the controversial
climate bill next week, meaning that the legislation won't be in place
before United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen in December.
The Senator told Bloomberg
News that the bill contains "a lot of crap" and that cutting
CO2 emissions by 17 per cent before 2020 was an unobtainable goal.
Voinovich's prediction that the bill
will fail is echoed by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, who said that
the “razor-thin vote in the House spells doom in the Senate.”
However, Senator John Kerry
claims that the bill will pass the Senate next week but that there
won't be enough sway to approve a global treaty that commits other nations
to follow the same regulations.
June
24 - David Kwon - $50
June 11 - Peter Keeley - $10
June 11 - James Gathings - $10
May 25 - Stefan Lisander - $200
May 15 - Barry John Bennett - $15
