Infrastructure and Building Codes for future development

We are rapidly moving to an era totally dependent on electricity. A steady, reliable, and secure supply of electricity will form the basis of all future development.

Building codes will need to be created to enforce a net zero environmental impact. Codes for buildings to be oriented and roof pitch angles set to achieve maximum exposure to the sun for efficient solar power generation is needed. Buildings would also need codes to address battery backup storage needs and how these storage units would be incorporated into the community electrical grid. Heating will be provided by heat pumps running on plumbing provided by a geothermal energy provider. Consumers Gas is already engaged in providing a replacement for their gas line installations for new developments. It involves drilling geothermal wells and laying the associated plumbing for a development, then leasing these facilities to property owners once they connect.

California is setting the example for future development in that several communities are phasing out fossil fuels to the extent that future residential developments can no longer be serviced by natural gas or any other fossil fuel. By doing that, they will be relying on renewable electrical resources. Hydro electric, wind, and solar will be replacing legacy coal, gas, and oil systems and will require central energy storage facilities to provide an uninterrupted flow of electricity.

I believe the 20 year plan must take these issues into consideration.