Alabama Board to Consider Residential and Commercial Energy Code Update
A subcommittee of the Alabama Residential and Energy Codes Board will meet March 9 to consider a residential energy code based on the 2009 IRC with strengthening amendments. Another committee approved a commercial code based on the 2009 IECC on January 25. The subcommittee recommendations will later be considered by the full Board, which is tasked with developing a mandatory statewide energy code, a first for Alabama. This direction comes from legislation passed in March 2010, requiring the code be at least as stringent as the 2006 IECC, but permitting the Board to pursue a stronger code.
The state has previously adopted the Residential Energy Code for Alabama (RECA 2004) – based on the 2000 IECC – as a voluntary code for residential construction. Since December 2008, the 2006 IECC has been encouraged for private commercial construction. The Alabama Building Commission enforces ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 for all state building construction.
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