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Working group divided on adopting residential building code; report urges training and voluntary compliance
Summary
The Building Energy Code working group released a brief final report recommending stronger education, registries and voluntary certification to raise energy-code compliance, while narrowly rejecting immediate adoption of a residential building code; members said cost, enforcement and housing affordability remain obstacles.
Representative Scott Campbell, chair of the Building Energy Code working group, presented the group's short final report, saying the widest agreement among stakeholders was "increasing energy code compliance, perhaps even more than energy efficiency, is deeper engagement with education and training" to improve construction quality, durability and safety.
The working group debated whether to adopt a residential building code. Campbell told members the proposal was "not supported by a by a narrow vote, for in favor, 5 against," and that several participants abstained because they considered themselves outside the set of directly affected stakeholders. Supporters argued a state-level building code would create a consistent "standard of care" for builders,…
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