Pathway 3.

Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Buildings and Industry → New Buildings

3.2.10 Improving State and Local Building Energy Codes

LPDD Recommendation: “State legislatures should follow the lead of states like California, Hawaii, and Washington in developing advanced building and energy codes that significantly reduce the energy used by new buildings”

LPDD Recommendation: “Within the authority granted to them under state law and state building code requirements, local legislative bodies should adopt advanced building and energy codes that drive down carbon use in buildings.”

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LPDD Model Law: EV-Ready Commercial Building Code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Would require new or significantly altered commercial, industrial, or multi-family residential buildings to be equipped with the installation of Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment in proximity to parking spaces.

LPDD Model Law: EV Ready Building Code for One- and Two-Family Homes

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Would require new or significantly altered one- or two-family residential buildings to be equipped with the installation of Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment in proximity to the garage or carport dedicated for resident parking.

Rhode Island’s IECC 2024 Adoption

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Requiring the adoption of the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for new residential and commercial buildings once the codes are finalized later this year, becoming the first state to do so.

ACEEE Report, Analyzing State Energy Code Update Benefits

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Identifying the 10 states with the most to gain from an update to their building codes: Louisiana, North Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.

2022 Chicago Energy Transformation Code

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Becoming one of the first major US cities to adopt the 2021 IECC model code.

Hawaii Law Maximizing Energy Efficiency of Public Buildings

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Requires and establishes deadlines for state facilities to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures.

New York’s Appliance and Building Efficiency Standards

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Giving regulators permission to continually raise standards on appliances and buildings.

Honolulu’s Bill 25

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Includes building code amendments requiring new buildings to be solar ready and that a portion of parking be EV-ready.

Nashville Retrofit Requirements for Government Buildings

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Establishing energy retrofit and net-zero requirements for a portion of government owned buildings.

Report, City Policy Framework for Dramatically Reducing Embodied Carbon

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Intended for cities and other government bodies to develop a strategy, action plan and policies to dramatically reduce embodied carbon, defined as carbon emissions from manufacture, transport, use and end of life of construction materials.