Building Codes Assistance Project

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)

• List of State SEP Spending Plans Approved by DOE
• DOE State Guidelines for SEP Grants Under the 2009 Recovery Act
  
• Building Codes and the 2009 Recovery Act
• BCAP Services Under the 2009 Recovery Act
  

• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG):

  • DOE State and Local Guidelines for EECBG Application
  • EECBG State and Local Government Grant Allocations
  • EECBG Activity Worksheet

Advanced Code Case Studies

• Florida
• Washington, DC
• San Antonio, Texas

BCAP Newsletters

View PDF versions of our current and past BCAP newsletters. Go to BCAP Newsletters...

Best Practices

• Best Practices - Policies
• Best Practices - Homebuilders

Public Comments by BCAP

These public comments have been submitted to various state and federal agencies regarding code proposals, pending code adoptions, amendments, voluntary standards, and other issues for which hearings have been held and/or public feedback has been requested. Go to Public Comments by BCAP...

State Fact Sheets

These two-page fact sheets provide policymakers and stakeholders state-specific information on current code status, benefits of adopting the national model building energy codes, and steps to advance the state's building energy policy. Go to BCAP State Fact Sheets...

Technical Resources

• Code Comparison: 2009 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2007 (International Code Council)
• Effectiveness of Florida's Residential Energy Code: 1979 - 2009 (Revision of 1979 - 2007 Report) -- Florida Solar Energy Center (2009)
• Energy Impact Study of the 2003 IECC and 2009 IECC Energy Codes for Nebraska (Anne Musser/Vandemusser Design, June 2009)

Training and Compliance Resources

• International Code Council (ICC)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• Department of Energy/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE/PNNL)
• Building Energy Codes Resource Center
• Code College Network
• Oklahoma State Energy Office: Best of Building Science Online Training

• National Research

  • Commerical Building Energy Codes: Usability and Compliance Methods (BCAP, October 2008)
  • Residential Energy Code Evaluations: Review and Future Directions (BCAP, June 2005)
  • Residential Building Energy Codes: Enforcement and Compliance Study (BCAP, October 2008)
  • Roundtable Discussion on Energy Code Compliance and Evaluation (BCAP, April 2009)
  • A Survey of Advanced Residential Building Techniques and Technologies and their Impacts on Energy Codes (BCAP, April 2009)
  • Home Rule and Energy Codes: An Introductory Outline (BCAP, March 2009)
  • Energy Codes in the Home Rule West (BCAP, March 2009)

• Regional Energy Efficiency Groups

  • Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)
    • "Market Research Report: Evaluation of Energy Code Activities" (NEEA, August 2005)
  • Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership (NEEP)
  • Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
  • Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
  • Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
    • "Building Energy Codes in Arizona: Best Practices in Code Support, Compliance, and Enforcement" (SWEEP, August 2007)

• Other Research

  • "Energy Code Compliance Study: Honolulu and Hawaii Counties" (Eley Associates, January 1999)
  • "Energy Performance Evaluation of New Homes in Arkansas" (Evan Brown, December 1999)

Cost-Effectiveness Studies

• "Example Performance Targets and Efficiency Packages: Greensburg, Kansas" -- Dr. Ren Anderson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• "Energy Efficiency Cost-Effectiveness Tests for Residential Code Update Processes" -- Philip Fairey and Robin Vieira, Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), February 2009