The International Code Council Board of Directors, which consists of 18 governmental members, has determined that for the IECC a standards development process would allow for additional time for debate, additional avenues to reach consensus, and a continuous maintenance cycle to facilitate the IECC’s ability to keep up with the pace of changing technology, which collectively will strengthen the code and its adoptability. The new process redefines the code’s scope and intent to better align it with communities’ energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction priorities.
The Board’s decision follows a recommendation made in September 2020 by the Code Council Appeals Board in conjunction with four appeals to the results of the energy code changes in the 2019 cycle, a November 2020 recommendation made by the Code Council’s Long-Term Code Development Committee, and was made in consideration of written and public comments submitted by Code Council stakeholders since December 2020.
