Vote online to preserve energy efficiency provisions in the forthcoming 2018 codes.
Every three years, hundreds of building industry members from states across the nation convene to develop the next U.S. model building energy code via a consensus process held by the International Code Council. The process, which includes code officials, architects, engineers, product manufacturers, builders and energy efficiency advocates, is designed to ensure that modern-day technology and building practices a...
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Outreach
What Have We Done Lately?
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
C...
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The Carrot Or The Stick? Navigating The Balance In Strategies For Improving Energy Code Compliance
Written by Ryan Meres and Seul Rhee
Energy efficiency advocates, governments, utilities, and others that fund energy code compliance initiatives often question whether enforcement or training and outreach are more effective at driving higher compliance rates.
The answer isn’t obvious. Case in point: a recent energy code auditing initiative of New York City’s Department of Buildings is driving more stakeholders to meet the energy code, proving that more stringent enforcement increases...
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Codes, Standards and Rating Systems
Are architects unaware of their legal obligations under licensure, or are they simply negligent?
Maureen Guttman, AIA
In the United States, national model energy codes were created in response to the energy and economic crises of the 1970s. In 1978, Congress passed the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, which required states that received federal financial assistance to initiate energy efficiency standards for new buildings. In 1992, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act (EPAct), which up...
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CdpACCESS: A New, Easy Way To Get Your Vote Counted
The International Code Council (ICC) had a problem: Its I-Code Development Hearings were growing longer at the same time that building department budgets and staffs were growing smaller. In 2011, ICC’s Board of Directors took action, forming a Steering Committee and charging them with the daunting mission of bring the complicated code development process into the electronic age to boost the participation of Governmental Members and other stakeholders.
Last November, ICC rolled out its much...
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Code Officials Defeat Proposals To Rollback Historic Efficiency Gains In America’s Model Energy Code
Atlantic City, N.J., October 8, 2013 – Sound energy policy prevailed as local and state governmental officials rejected dozens of builder-sponsored home efficiency rollback proposals in a three-day marathon meeting convened by the International Code Council (ICC) to develop the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).
“Today was a victory for America’s homebuyers,” said Bill Fay, Executive Director of the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC). “By dismi...
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Compliance Collaboratives Convene To Share Lessons Learned
On August 22, BCAP hosted an information sharing webinar on an emerging best practice in building energy codes: state Energy Code Compliance Collaboratives. A compliance collaborative is a forum for experts from diverse stakeholder groups impacted by energy codes to come together to work toward common interests and goals. The collaborative is a long-term, multi-year initiative to assist its state in implementing a plan to achieve full compliance with energy codes.
The webinar featured progress r...
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2013 Mayors Resolution Supports Stronger 2015 IECC
By William D. Fay, Executive Director, Energy Efficient Codes Coalition
With hard-fought efficiency gains at stake, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) voted unanimously to encourage municipal support for all eligible code officials to attend the ICC’s Final Action Hearings this October in Atlantic City to support continued efficiency gains for America’s model energy code, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The local and state code and other officials voting at the h...
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