In a guest column in National Cities Weekly, Energy Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC) Executive Director William Fay appealed to city building officials to attend the International Code Council’s Final Action Hearings in October and vote for a comprehensive proposal to increase energy efficiency requirements in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). After having portions of their proposed 30 Percent Solution adopted in the 2009 IECC, the EECC is once again pushing for building envelope improvements and other measures to increase the efficiency of new homes by 30 percent.
Here’s a snippet from the article:
This October, city and county building code officials from across the nation will gather in Charlotte, N.C., to cast one of America’s most significant energy, environmental and climate policy votes of 2010. Odds are it’s a vote that you’ve never heard about; ironically, its outcome is in the hands of your city’s employees.
At stake is a comprehensive proposal developed by our broad-based organization — the Energy Efficiency Codes Coalition (EECC) — to boost the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) by more than 30 percent over its 2006 counterpart.
Cities in more than 40 states use the IECC to set baseline energy efficiency standards for residential construction. It is also the only model residential energy code recognized in federal law and its adoption was linked to states’ receipt of State Energy Program funding under the $800 billion stimulus package enacted last year. The IECC is also the basis for legislation setting national efficiency improvement targets of 30 percent and 50 percent that has passed the full House of Representatives and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Read the full article at National Cities Weekly
