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Lawmakers weigh residential building code adoption and universal‑design study
Summary
Senators discussed whether to add universal-design work to an existing statewide building-energy and code working group rather than create a separate task force; Representative Scott Campbell briefed the committee on compliance challenges and enforcement gaps for residential building standards.
The committee discussed language in a House bill that would create a study of "universal design" standards for residential buildings and whether that work should be folded into an existing building-energy and residential-code working group chaired by Representative Scott Campbell.
Campbell told senators the working group has examined statewide energy standards and the mechanics of compliance for two years. He warned Vermont lacks an administrative infrastructure to enforce residential building standards: "We have no infrastructure for administering ... nothing to enforce any part of our building…
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