Statewide collaboratives are also valuable in the building energy codes sector. Collaboratives that focus specifically on addressing barriers to building energy code compliance are gaining traction in the Midwest.

In 2020 a few state collaboratives met to discuss code compliance, program updates and COVID-19’s impacts on each of the states.

Missouri stood out with the Ameren Missouri Energy Code Compliance Collaborative meeting multiple times to address key compliance challenges and to identify opportunities to increase compliance in their territory.

Nebraska updated their code last year to the unamended 2018 IECC. The Department of Environment and Energy followed up with continued facilitation of the Nebraska Energy Code Compliance Collaborative and held trainings on the new code to improve compliance.