Workshop: How Municipalities Can Impact America's Building Energy Code 

Join MAPC - in partnership with the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) and the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC) - for a workshop at our office in Boston on Thursday, June 23rd to discuss the upcoming vote on the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Click here to register.

Homes and commercial buildings are the nation’s largest energy consuming sector, using 42% of all energy, 54% of natural gas, and 71% of electricity. Building energy codes significantly impact the level of this consumption. Registered municipal members across the nation have the opportunity to ensure that the next iteration of America's Model Energy Code is more progressive than the existing version. Attend this workshop to learn more about how Massachusetts has been involved in the IECC voting process in the past, and how your community can make an informed decision on the upcoming IECC 2018 vote this fall. 

Learn how your jurisdiction can:

• Protect the 38% boost in the efficiency of new homes that local and state officials have achieved since 2008, and
• Put future homes on a modest, but steady 5% glide path toward net zero.

After the workshop, your jurisdiction will also have the knowledge and tools for the following next steps:

• Set policy in support of steady improvements to building energy efficiency gains;
• Submit your jurisdiction’s full slate of 4, 8, or 12 Governmental Member Voting Representatives to the ICC by September 20;
• Consider sending a small group of officials to the ICC’s Kansas City Public Comment Hearings (October 19-25, 2016); and
• Have access to EECC’s recommendations so that your jurisdictions know what’s at stake and how to proceed when they cast their maximum number of votes during the ICC’s online cdpACCESS voting window (tentatively November 8-21, 2016).

The workshop will be led by Bill Fay, Executive Director of the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition.

Click here for a draft agenda.

Click here for additional information about EECC's efforts.