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CURRENT CODE Residential: State developed code, Chapter 13 of the Florida Building Code, exceeds 2006 IECC Commercial: State developed code, Chapter 13 of the Florida Building Code, meets or exceeds ASHRAE 90.1-2004 DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 18,328,340 Total Housing Units: 7,624,378 ENERGY CONSUMPTION Residential Sector: 1,333.7 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 1,066.8 Trillion BTU

Florida will receive $126 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 2020, would be: 36.9 trillion Btu of energy 2,576 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to annual greenhouse gases for 471,795 passenger vehicles)

$282 million
$282 million would more than pay the full undergraduate tuition of current students at private universities in Florida.

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 37% of the state’s natural gas supply and 26% of elec- states with building energy efficiency efforts. As one of the requirements to retricity consumption are used ceive SEP grants, state governors must certify to DOE that their state will implefor heating the home. ment 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 Florida’s residential sector relies most heavily on solar economic interests to adopt these standards statewide and begin enjoying the benefits of an efficient building sector. energy forms for energy consumption. CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Regulatory: The Florida Residential use of natural Building Commission (FBC) is directed to adopt, revise, update, and maintain the gas in Florida costs $19.45/ Florida Building Code in accordance with Chapter 120 of the state statutes. The thousand cu ft, exceeding code is mandatory throughout the state and need not be adopted by a local governthe national average. ment to be applicable at the local level. CODE CHANGE CYCLE Triennial code revision For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org) process or Nick Zigelbaum ([email protected])

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