Building Codes Assistance Project

On August 6, Gov. John Corzine signed S. 702 into law, authorizing the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to amend the State Uniform Construction Code's energy subcode (the 2006 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2004 have been effective since February 20, 2007). Normally, any efforts to upgrade or amend the codes must proceed through the codes office at DCA, a codes advisory board, the DCA itself, and finally through the state legislature.

Under the bill, the IECC would be added as one of the model code alternatives to be used as a basis of the energy subcode. The energy subcode may be amended or supplemented by the DCA once before 2012 without regard to the statutory three-year minimum interval between the adoption of an energy subcode and the adoption of a revision of that subcode. In amending the subcode, DCA shall rely upon 10-year energy price projections provided by an institution of higher education within one year following the effective date of the bill, and thereafter at three year intervals.

More information on S. 702: Bill Home Page | Text (2nd reprint) | New Jersey DCA

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