Building Energy Codes

Over the last few years, utility energy efficiency programs and building energy codes activity have exploded in the Midwest .  Since 2007, four new states have adopted new energy efficiency portfolio standards (ACEEE 2011)  - a total of seven states have mandated rate-payer energy efficiency programs - while seven states have adopted the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for residential dwellings, ASHRAE 90.1-2007 for commercial buildings or both.

In December 2010, MEEA completed an Energy Codes Needs Analysis Report as part of a grant with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Covering 13 Midwest states, this report highlights key state specific issues and barriers as they relate to code adoption, enforcement, and compliance. Specific topics covered include the state’s current energy code status, code barriers, definitive needs, and possible recommendations.

This paper summarizes the findings for the State of Ohio from an ICF International analysis of the benefit to the state of adopting the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as an upgrade to their current statewide residential building code.

This factsheet outlines the major differences between Ohio's current energy code (Section 1105) and the 2009 IECC.

This document provides a quick overview of what building energy codes are, who sets them, and their value for the State of Ohio.

This factsheet from March 2009 discusses the benefits of the adoption of the 2009 IECC in Ohio.

This paper, from early in 2009, estimated the impact on single homes of an upgrade of the residential energy code in Indiana to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

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This testimony was given before the Ohio Board of Building Standards in November, 2008.