Council sends multiple energy-code amendments, ERI tables and shelter appendix to public review

After finishing the C406 debate, the council considered several additional items grouped under the MBPE and BFRW committee reports. The body moved two r408 ERI tables (values for climate zones 4C and 5B), three simulated-building-performance compliance options, a proposed IBC appendix for temporary emergency shelters, and a dwelling-unit-size reduction amendment into the CR-102 rulemaking package for public review.

Staff explained that the ERI tables reconcile how on-site renewables are counted and that the top two r408 tables were ready to be included; stakeholders had suggested caps and thermal-envelope allowances to avoid over-favoring renewables in the performance path. The council also agreed to publish preliminary cost–benefit analyses with the proposed rules and directed staff to accept minor technical edits before the May filing date; staff set an internal deadline of May 1 for final edits before the May 6 code-reviser filing.

The council framed these actions largely as steps to get the proposals into the formal public-comment process. Several council members and speakers urged robust public review and additional work-group analysis on economic impacts and EPCA/legal risks.

What’s next: Staff will finalize CR-102 language and the preliminary cost–benefit documents, post the proposals for public comment, and accept formal comments through the CR-102 process.