Maryland State Snapshot

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CURRENT CODE Residential: 2006 IECC Commercial: 2006 IECC DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 5,633,597 Total Housing Units: 2,197,126 ENERGY CONSUMPTION Residential Sector: 399.9 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 402.4 Trillion BTU 46% of the state’s natural gas supply is used for heating the home. Natural gas is the largest consumed source of energy for the state’s residential sector. Residential use of natural gas in Maryland costs up to $14.29/thousand cu ft., exceeding the national average.

Maryland will receive $51.7 Million from the federal government if the state adopts the latest energy codes:  IECC 2009 (International Energy Conservation Code)  ASHRAE 90.1 2007 (American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Accumulated residential sector savings, 2009 to 2030, would be:  7.8 trillion Btu of energy  543 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to annual greenhouse gases for 99,451 passenger vehicles)
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$85 million
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$85 million would more than pay the full undergraduate tuition of current students at private universities in Maryland.

FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES: In February 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $3.1 billion for U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP) to assist states with building energy efficiency efforts. As one of the requirements to receive SEP grants, state governors must certify to DOE that their state will implement energy codes of equal or greater stringency than the latest national model codes (currently IECC 2009 and Standard 90.1-2007). Thus, it is in the state’s best economic interests to adopt these standards statewide and begin enjoying the benefits of an efficient building sector.

CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Regulatory: The Department of Housing and Community Development adopts the latest iteration of the InterCODE CHANGE CYCLE national Building Code (IBC), including energy efficiency chapters, within 12 Codes are usually reviewed months of its promulgation. every three years with the For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org) publication of the new edior Nick Zigelbaum ([email protected]) tions of the model code.

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