North Dakota State Building Code

Residential Code: There is no mandatory residential energy code currently in effect. Effective August 1, 2009, the 1993 MEC was removed as the voluntary state residential energy standard.

Commercial Code: There is no mandatory commercial energy code currently in effect. Effective August 1, 2009, ASHRAE Standard 90.1-1989 was removed as the voluntary state commercial energy standard.

Construction standards are covered by the 2008 North Dakota State Building Code. Following the passage of SB 2352 in 2009, the state's stand-alone voluntary building energy standards were temporarily removed from state law with the intent of folding new requirements into the state's suite of building codes.

As directed by SB 2352, the North Dakota Building Codes Advisory Committee has been working to update the 2008 State Building Code to include energy efficiency standards based on the 2009 IECC. The eligible voting jurisdictions and voting individuals will hold a final action hearing on September 15-16 to vote on the proposed amendments. The tentative effective date for the updated state code is January 1, 2011.

As a home rule state, local jurisdictions would still have to choose to adopt the amended state code, a different code, or no code at all.

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