Building Codes Assistance Project

Governor Ritter announced $10 million in funding for Colorado under the New Energy Communities Initiative. Greening Homes, one of three focus areas, includes activity to "adopt model building codes to ensure that new housing units meet higher energy efficiency standards."

Read the full story from the CO Governor's Energy Office:

July 22 - 25, 2008
Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront
St. Paul, Minnesota

BCAP will be attending Energy Codes 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Please join us for this annual meeting that brings together members of the energy codes community from across the country. Registration is $300. You may register online at the Energy Codes 2008 Registration webpage.

Our energy code survey is now closed after almost 2,000 participants nationwide! The report is being finalized and is expected to be released soon. We'd like to thank the many people that took time to provide input on issues of usability, compliance, and enforcement. We'd also like to recognize the valuable contribution of organizations which helped up distribute the survey:
• Alliance to Save Energy
• Association of Energy Engineers
• American Institute of Architects (state chapters)
• Associated General Contractors of America

As promised to our survey participants, we randomly selected a survey participant to win a Video IPod Classic. Congratulations to Cliff Burdick an Inspection Services Manager from the City of Wenatchee, Washington!! We hope you enjoy listening to the Department of Energy Podcasts on your new IPod.

Thanks to all of our participants to making this a successful survey effort. The report will be released soon!