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"International Energy Conservation Code Change: Enhancement or Dangerous Precedent?"
Author: David Handwork
Published In: Facilities Manager
Date: March/April 2021

This article looks at the opposition by the APPA Board, as well as the American Institute of Architects, several major U.S. city governments and code officials, several U.S. state energy office officials, and the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition, to a change to the International Energy Conservation Code:

“The Code Council is considering whether to move from a code development process to a standards development process for the IECC in order to strengthen the code and its adoptability. If the IECC is developed as a standard, it would be updated using the Code Council’s Consensus Procedures, which comply with ANSI’s Essential Requirements and prevent dominance by any interest category. The standards development process would allow for additional time for debate and put the IECC on a continuous maintenance cycle to allow for more timely consideration of rapid advancements in technology.”
 

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