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Sudbury committee hears expert on specialized "super" stretch energy code and local implementation challenges
Summary
Visiting expert walked the committee through state energy codes, the super-stretch option and practical barriers such as contractor resistance, HERS ratings, grid capacity and the need to educate residents; staff and committee discussed outreach, grants and potential town-meeting strategy.
The committee invited an outside expert to explain Massachusetts energy-code options and to outline how other towns have approached adopting the specialized ("super") stretch energy code.
The expert described a layered regulatory landscape — the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, a state stretch code, and then an optional local "super stretch" code that effectively discourages fossil-fuel installations by tightening HERS (Home Energy Rating System) targets. "The…
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