It takes more than weather stripping to bring a new home up to the new energy efficient building codes which take effect in Texas September 2016. The city is holding free three-hour workshops to help local builders learn the new requirements.
Free commercial and residential workshops to train builders, code officials, architects and engineers on the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code will be held in Corpus Christi May 12 and 13. Workshops will focus on changes to the code, which goes into effect in September. It will also provide tools and strategies for compliance.
The three-hour workshops will be held at the Del Mar College West Campus, 4101 Old Brownsville Road, Room A/C-113 in the Air Conditioning Building.
Register online at the following links for the following workshops or call Garrett Dorsey III at 361-688-2211:
Commercial Workshop on Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
Commercial Workshop on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CDT)
Residential Workshop on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
The state’s adoption of the code, which is the first change since 2012, sends a strong message to the marketplace that the 2015 IECC represents a balance between energy efficiency and the builder’s ability to meet the code in a cost-effective manner, says the International Council Council, a U.S.-based membership association which develops codes used world-wide. The Texas Association of Builders agrees.
“HB 1736 implements an intelligent and rational energy code policy that will result in significantly better compliance rates,” Ned Muñoz, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel to the Texas Association of Builders told the ICC. “[It will] allow for more cost effective implementation as future state energy codes are updated as required under existing law.”
The legislation is designed to create more energy-efficient homes as technology and building practices make homes more cost effective. Provisions requiring builders to meet stricter maximum ratings will be phased in over the next six years. Compliance helps home buyers evaluate the energy efficiency of new homes on the market, said the ICC.
