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Aurora accepts $200,000 grant to study and support ‘stretch code’ adoption
Summary
The city will accept a $200,000 Illinois grant to fund staff, training and public outreach to evaluate and potentially adopt a more stringent energy 'stretch code.' Council added the item to the consent agenda after questions about timelines, committee composition and cost impacts.
Aurora city staff said the city will accept a $200,000 grant from the Illinois Finance Authority to support adoption and implementation of a so‑called stretch energy code that would raise local building energy-efficiency standards above the current Illinois State Energy Code.
City Director of Sustainability Lisonbee Lindberg told aldermen the grant covers roughly four years of work to build staff capacity, contract training, run public engagement and form a technical advisory committee to study impacts and recommend whether the city should adopt the stretch code.
"The grant award is $200,000 over about 4 years… and it's to support the adoption and implementation of stretch codes in the city of Aurora," Lindberg said. She…
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