Washington energy code TAG rejects proposal to add 2024 IECC as parallel path

Feb 19, 2025

The Washington State Energy Code technical advisory group voted down a proposal on Feb. 14 to offer the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code as a formal parallel compliance path, rejecting the motion 11-4 in a roll-call vote after hours of debate over legal, technical and implementation risks.

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The Washington State Energy Code technical advisory group voted down a proposal to add the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as a formal parallel path to the state'specific code, rejecting the motion in a roll call vote that left the proposal short of support. The measure would have allowed jurisdictions and designers to use a largely unmodified IECC 2024 compliance path alongside the state'modified energy code.

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