Historic changes to commercial building energy codes will drive energy efficiency, emissions reductions

Washington, D.C. – November 2, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Local and state building code officials last week approved a package of revisions to the commercial section of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) that represent the largest single-step efficiency increase in the history of the national, model energy code. The changes mean that new and renovated buildings constructed in jurisdictions that follow the 2012 IECC will use 30 percent less energy than those built to current standards.