Author: Stephen Hernick, Donald Sivigny, and Bruce Nelson
From May 2012 through June 2013, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Construction Codes and Licensing Division (CCLD), conducted an assessment of Energy Code compliance in accordance with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) under contract with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources. The objective of the contract was to assist the state in assessing the baseline for ARRA required compliance of new and renovated Residential and Commercial buildings, and to identify code enforcement procedural changes and/or training needs that would improve compliance rates.