Building Codes Assistance Project

On June 26, the United States House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) by a 219-212 margin. Among the issues under the purview of this comprehensive energy and climate policy bill, ACES would significantly change American building energy efficiency policy by mandating a new national building energy code and providing for federal enforcement in state and local jurisdictions that cannot or will not comply. Read more...

DOE Energy Codes 2009: July 27-30 in Portland, Oregon

The Department of Energy is hosting Energy Codes 2009, its annual conference on building energy codes, from July 27-30 in Portland, Oregon. To register or find more details, click here...

 

 May 2009 BCAP Newsletter Published

Read the latest edition of the BCAP Newsletter, a brief summary of happenings at BCAP and building energy code progress around the nation. Go to Newsletters...

May 2009 Energy Code Champion: Jeff Herholdt

The Building Codes Assistance Project announces Jeff Herholdt, with the West Virginia Division of Energy, as our May 2009 selection for ENERGY CODE CHAMPION!

John F. "Jeff" Herholdt Jr. is the director of the West Virginia Division of Energy, which became a stand-alone agency under the West Virginia Department of Commerce in the summer of 2007. The division was created to implement programs in the fossil, renewable and energy efficiency arenas. Read more...

State Code Activity

BCAP is excited to unveil the new and improved versions of its residential and commercial state code status maps. The maps include a new color scheme and revised legends, simplifying comparisons of codes across states. Click on individual states to view the most up-to-date, detailed code status information on building energy codes. Go to the maps... 

BCAP Events Calendar

The BCAP Events Calendar helps you keep track of important code adoption dates, meetings, public comment deadlines, conferences, and other events in the building energy efficiency community.  If you have an event to add to the calendar, contact Paul Karrer at pkarrer@ase.org. Go to the Calendar...

Subscribe to the BCAP Code News RSS Feed!

To stay up-to-date on all the latest news from the building codes community, subscribe now to the BCAP Code News RSS Feed at http://www.bcap-energy.org/news/feed. An RSS, or Really Simple Syndication Feed, allows you to view frequently updated content published by a website. This tool highlights the most recent code news for you even if you do not regularly check the BCAP site (even though we encourage you to do so!). Read more...