Why not try to improve what building inspectors do, so
that all permitted construction and repairs bring some improvement in building
efficiencies?
I realize that such programs are usually implemented in cooperation with
electric utilities, whose supposed goal is to support energy efficiency and to
reduce peak loads on their generating networks, and this seems to work well in
many areas. But toward the end of the meeting someone asked, “How can we get a
uniform inspection of such buildings to make sure that all the design
parameters are truly being implemented properly?”