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Commercial energy code package sent for public comment after MVPE review

5509896 · July 31, 2025
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Summary

The State Building Code Council on July 25 directed staff to publish the commercial energy code recommendations produced by the MVPE committee and the commercial energy tag for public comment.

The State Building Code Council on July 25 directed staff to publish the commercial energy code recommendations produced by the Mechanical, Ventilation, Plumbing and Energy (MVPE) committee and the commercial energy tag for formal public comment.

Why it matters: The package contains a reworked prescriptive pathway (C406), changes to glazing and envelope requirements, updates to mechanical system pathways and heat‑pump treatments, and modeling work intended to keep Washington on the statutory energy‑savings trajectory to 2031.

Kjell Anderson,…

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