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SBCC committee weighs HB 1458 embodied-carbon requirements and votes to inform at upcoming hearing
Summary
The committee discussed HB 1458, a draft bill that would require embodied-carbon reporting and incremental reductions up to 30% by the 2030 code cycle; members raised concerns about scope, workload, and timeline and voted to send two members to inform at a February hearing.
At the Jan. 30 legislative committee meeting, members discussed HB 1458, a bill that would require reporting on embodied carbon, convene a specialized Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and direct incremental embodied-carbon reductions (a 30% target by the 2030 code cycle). Dustin, SBCC staff, said the bill “is asking a lot from the state building code council,” describing requirements to convene a TAG whose membership is spelled out in the draft and to begin reporting for the 2024 code cycle.
Committee members raised several implementation concerns. Micah said much of the technical work the bill contemplates has already been…
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