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Building Code Council advances David Reddy package for energy-credit targets after hour-long debate

Washington State Building Code Council · April 24, 2026
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After extended debate and public comment about costs, climate-zone equity and federal preemption risks, the Washington State Building Code Council voted to advance David Reddy’s C406 v3 credit-target proposal into the CR-102 public-review stage. A competing set of targets from Greg Johnson failed in a roll-call vote.

Council members spent the largest portion of the April 24 special meeting debating which set of energy-credit targets to advance for the C406 commercial-energy credit tables. The council heard technical presentations from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory contributors and from two competing proponents — Greg Johnson and David Reddy — before holding successive roll-call votes.

Krista and staff explained PNNL’s modeling of credit values and urged the council to include modeled credit numbers in the CR-102 filing so the public could comment on concrete values rather than placeholders. Greg Johnson, who helped coordinate the PNNL work, said the lab “did it with the highest level of integrity” and that the modeled values reflect system…

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