BCAP asked the National Energy Codes Collaborative:
What have we done in 2014?
Approval for DOE National Energy Codes Conference in Nashville, TN
Determinations
- ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 (final)
- 2015 IECC (preliminary)
- HUD 2009 (preliminary
Compliance Initiatives
- Circuit Rider in Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
- Utility programs in Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Rhode Island
- Collaboratives in Minnesota, Oklahoma
- Baseline studies in Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio
- Code success books in Arkansas, Delaware, Oklahoma, NEEP states, Texas
- Rating/disclosure programs in cities of Cambridge, Chicago, Columbus
- Code training funding in Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Utah
- Gap Analysis and Compliance Planning Assistance efforts in Ohio, Minnesota
- Field studies on residential codes using the new method centered on energy metrics
- New version of REScheck; over 350,000 projects evaluated using REScheck and COMcheck in 2014
- Publication of a report on RESNET HERS index values that are equivalent to compliance with the 2012 and 2015 IECC
ECAP Expansion
- 25 new ambassadors in SPEER’s program (Texas and Oklahoma), 12 ambassadors in 2014
- Outreach programs continue work in Oklahoma
Outreach Partnerships
- Construction Specifications Institute
- Realtors (NEEP)
- DTE Energy and Consumers Energy (MI)
- Omaha Public Power District (NE)
- Louisville Gas and Electric (KY)
- Georgia Power and Georgia Professional Standards Commission (SEEA)
Construction Trends Review
Nebraska, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest
Code Adoptions
- Commercial: Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia
- Residential: Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Vermont, Virginia
- Stretch/Green Codes: District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Vermont
- Local Adoptions: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming; 65 jurisdictions in Texas with 5 million population cities adopted higher-than-state code