{"id":1336,"date":"2012-05-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/real-estate\/2012\/05\/23\/stretching-the-stretch-energy-code\/"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:36:01","slug":"stretching-the-stretch-energy-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/real-estate\/2012\/05\/23\/stretching-the-stretch-energy-code\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cStretching\u201d the Stretch Energy Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board which promulgates the State Building Code is considering amendments to the State Energy Code which will increase the energy efficiency requirements of the <a title=\"Stretch Energy Code\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/eopss\/consumer-prot-and-bus-lic\/license-type\/csl\/stretch-energy-code-information.html\" target=\"_self\">Stretch Energy Code<\/a> (the \u201cStretch Code\u201d).\u00a0 It is anticipated that the <a title=\"Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/eea\/grants-and-tech-assistance\/guidance-technical-assistance\/agencies-and-divisions\/doer\/\" target=\"_self\">Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources<\/a> (\u201cDOER\u201d) will formally present amendments to the Stretch Code at the June 12<sup>th<\/sup> meeting of the <a title=\"Board of Building Regulations and Standards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/eopss\/agencies\/dps\/board-of-building-regulations-and-standards.html\" target=\"_self\">Board of Building Regulations and Standards<\/a> (\u201cBBRS\u201d). The proposed amendments will have significant implications for commercial and residential development in all 116 municipalities that have adopted the Stretch Code (for a current listing of communities that have implemented the Stretch Code \u2013 see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/eea\/energy-utilities-clean-tech\/energy-efficiency\/policies-regs-for-ee\/building-energy-codes.html\">DOER<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>First adopted by the BBRS in 2009, the Stretch Code is a local option energy code that may be accepted by municipalities seeking to impose a higher level of energy efficiency than the base State Energy Code.\u00a0 If approved by local governing bodies, most new residential and commercial buildings and residential additions and renovations that would normally be required to meet current Building Code requirements must adhere to the more stringent energy efficiency requirements of the Stretch Code.\u00a0 Certain buildings, such as historic structures and so-called \u201cspecialty\u201d commercial buildings are exempt.\u00a0 For a detailed description of buildings and building projects covered by the Stretch Code and a list of Frequently Asked Questions [see \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/eopss\/agencies\/dps\/board-of-building-regulations-and-standards.html\">BBRS<\/a>].\u00a0 Buildings meeting the current Stretch Code are estimated to be roughly 20% more energy efficient than buildings meeting the current base State Energy Code.<\/p>\n<p>The 2009 Edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (\u201cIECC\u201d) constituted the base State Energy Code at the time of the adoption of the Stretch Code.\u00a0 The Green Communities Act, Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, requires that the base State Energy Code be updated within one year of any revision to the IECC.\u00a0 Accordingly, the 2012 Edition of the IECC will become the base State Energy Code in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The current version of the Stretch Code is roughly equivalent to the 2012 Edition of the IECC.\u00a0 Apparently State regulators are proposing to modify the Stretch Code so that cities and towns will continue to be able to implement enhanced energy efficiency requirements in their communities once the 2012 IECC becomes effective.\u00a0 The amendments to be presented by DOER on June 12<sup>th<\/sup> are expected to represent a 15% increase in energy efficiency requirements over the current Stretch Code.<\/p>\n<p>A number of real estate industry organizations, including the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts and NAIOP, opposed the initial adoption of the Stretch Code due to concerns over the additional construction costs the Stretch Code would impose and also that by making any portion of the State Building Code optional at the local level, the BBRS would be undermining the uniformity of the Code.\u00a0 Many of these same groups have voiced similar concerns about the pending amendments to the Stretch Code.\u00a0 These organizations have also expressed the view that many communities which adopted the Stretch Code considered it a \u201cbridge\u201d to the 2012 IECC and that these communities were not aware that their local energy code would be continually and automatically \u201cstretched\u201d without any further action by the community.<\/p>\n<p>Please check back for updates on the status of the pending amendments from time to time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board which promulgates the State Building Code is considering amendments to the State Energy Code which will increase the energy efficiency requirements of the Stretch Energy Code (the \u201cStretch Code\u201d).\u00a0 It is anticipated that the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (\u201cDOER\u201d) will formally present amendments to the Stretch Code at the June 12th meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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