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Resident urges stronger energy‑efficiency standard amid state limits on local codes
Summary
During public comment, resident Alan Bauman urged Prairie Village to adopt the 2018 IECC with a tighter HERS requirement (proposed drop from 68 to 62) as a compromise after the Kansas Legislature limited local code adoption.
Alan Bauman addressed the council during public participation as an advocate for residential building efficiency, describing the impact of recent state law changes on local code choices and urging the city to preserve meaningful energy standards for new homes. He explained that Kansas' SB 418 restricts local adoption of newer codes for homes under certain square footage thresholds and recommended using the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code together with a stronger HERS target.
“I support this compromise, but I would strongly oppose…weakening the energy efficiency requirements, and I would strongly oppose that or raising the HERS rating,” Bauman said. He asked the council to avoid imposing higher HERS scores that would reduce efficiency and urged staff and council to consider his suggested HERS threshold change (from 68 to 62) when the energy code returns to the agenda at the next meeting.
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