2016 Energy Code Adoption Update: Recognizing the Region’s Medalists
By Kevin Rose | Wed, August 17, 16
This is the 2016 installment of this series. Click here for our previous update.
Mid-year Update: State Progress on Building Energy Codes
By Kevin Rose | Mon, August 4, 14
For more background, see our earlier 2014 Building Code Preview
The Fight for More Efficient Building Codes Comes to Atlantic City
By Allison Webster | Fri, September 13, 13
Live updates from the Comment Hearings 10/8/2013:
The big news is that RE-166, the mechanical equipment trade-off proposal constituting a massive energy code rollback, was disapproved 76-52, overturning committee action.
The rest of the changes have been more mild:
Gains:
- RE-63 approved, deleting footnote “h” wall bracing insulation exception, which stops its use as a loophole in cases where an exception isn’t warranted
- RE-83 approved as modified, mandating cavities within corners and head