North Carolina Council Approves State Amendments to 2009 IECC

On March 9, the North Carolina Building Code Council (NCBCC) voted to adopt the 2009 I-Codes, including the 2009 IECC with NC amendments as the 2012 North Carolina State Building Codes. The amendment packages will be available online later in March. A period for written public comments will be open until June 15, when the NCBCC will hold a public hearing on the proposed amendments on June 15.  Comments may be submitted to Barry Gupton at barry.gupton@ncdoi.gov.  A final adoption hearing is scheduled for September 14.

The product of a $500,000 competitive grant awarded by DOE in 2008, the NC amendments to the 2009 IECC are intended to achieve 30% energy savings beyond the 2006 IECC. Amendments to Chapter 11 of the 2009 IRC will also avoid compliance paths that contradict the IECC.  The target effective date for the 2012 NC Building Codes is September 1, 2011 with a transition period until January 1, 2011 during which builders may still use the previous edition of the codes. The NC Energy Division is in the process of preparing RFPs for code official training.

The NCBCC is also creating an Ad Hoc Committee to develop a green building code. Staff will use the Public Version of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) as the base code. It is anticipated the Ad Hoc Committee will be appointed in April 2010.

More Information: NCBCC March 9 Meeting Agenda (see page 4) | NCBCC Home

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