Building Codes Assistance Project

The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) will hold a public hearing on March 10, 2009 at 1:00pm for public comment on a new appendix (120AA) that contains code which exceeds the energy conservation requirements of Chapters 13 (non-residential) and 61 (residential). The appendix may be adopted by a municipality, through its' public hearing process, and mandated for all buildings that fall within the scope of 120AA.

This "stretch code" will be tied to a HERS Rating of 60 or less for certain residential buildings and NBI Core Performance for certain commercial buildings.

For more information, please contact the BBRS at 617-727-3200, or Tom Riley at tom.riley@state.ma.us.

One Ashburton Place,
13th Floor, Room 1301
Boston, MA 02108

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