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House creates two-year working group to address residential energy-code compliance after lengthy floor debate
Summary
S.253 creates a working group to recommend strategies for increasing compliance with residential and commercial building energy codes, consider adopting a residential building code, and examine administration and enforcement; the House adopted amendments narrowing the working group's term and ordered third reading after extensive member questions about inspections, contractor registration and costs.
After extended floor discussion, the House proposed to the Senate to amend S.253, establishing a two-year working group to address persistent compliance problems with Vermont's building energy codes and to recommend administrative solutions.Member from Burlington (speaking for the environment and energy committee) framed S.253 as a continuation of prior study work (Act 47 / S.100) and said stakeholders requested a forum to resolve split jurisdiction, the lack of a residential building code,…
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