| Chapter 285 |
| 2023 -- S 0855 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/22/2023 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE |
Introduced By: Senator Victoria Gu |
| Date Introduced: March 30, 2023 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled |
| "State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 23-27.3-100.1.5.4. State energy conservation code. |
| (a) The state building code standards committee ("committee") shall adopt, an energy |
| conservation code, which that shall be based on appropriate nationally and internationally |
| recognized models, and shall promulgate and administer the energy conservation code. The energy |
| conservation code shall contain provisions pertaining to, but not limited to, the construction of |
| buildings, the use of renewable energy resources in buildings, the efficient use of energy within |
| buildings, and the orientation of buildings on their sites. The state energy conservation code shall |
| at a minimum: |
| (1) For residential or commercial buildings, meet or exceed the most recently published |
| International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), or achieve equivalent or greater energy savings. |
| The state building code standards committee shall revise the state energy conservation code to |
| comply with this requirement within one year of any update to the International Energy |
| Conservation Code; provided, however, that the 2021 IECC published by the International Code |
| Council shall not be adopted and the 2024 IECC published by the International Code Council shall |
| be adopted within (3) three months of its release. |
| (2) For commercial buildings, meet or exceed the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESN A Standard 90.1- |
| 2007, or achieve equivalent or greater energy savings. |
| Within one year of the release of the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code, the |
| state building code standards committee shall revise the state energy conservation code to meet or |
| exceed the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code's electric readiness provisions. |
| (b) No later than six (6) months after the adoption of the building code(s) described in |
| subsection (a) of this section, The the state building code standards committee shall develop a plan |
| to achieve compliance with the building code(s) described in subdivisions (1) and (2) no later than |
| February 17, 2017 described in subsection (a) of this section in at least ninety percent (90%) of new |
| and renovated residential and commercial building space in the state. Such plan shall include active |
| training and enforcement programs and measurement of the rate of compliance each year. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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