| Incentive Type: | Building Energy Code | ||
| Eligible Efficiency Technologies: | Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building | ||
| Applicable Sectors: | Commercial, Residential | ||
| Residential Code: | 2006 IECC is voluntary effective December 1, 2008. Builders may also use the Residential Energy Code for Alabama (RECA 2004) — a voluntary state-developed code equivalent to the 2000 IECC (without SHGC 0.40) — until June 1, 2009. REScheck cannot be used to show compliance. | ||
| Commercial Code: | 2006 IECC is voluntary effective December 1, 2008. For state-funded and government buildings, the 2006 IECC is mandatory, but the Alabama Building Energy Conservation Code (ABECC 2004) based on ASHRAE 90.1-2001, may be used until June 1, 2009. | ||
| Code Change Cycle: | No set schedule. Most recent update adopted: March, 2005. | ||
| Jurisdictions: | 2006 IECC: Phenix City, Vestavia Hills 2003 IECC: Madison, Madison County, Tallahassee, Trinity 2000 IECC: Decatur, Homewood, Monroeville |
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| Web Site: | http://www.bcap-energy.org/node/22 | ||
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| Summary: Much of the information presented in this summary is drawn from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP). For more detailed information about building energy codes, visit the DOE and BCAP websites. Residential Energy Code for Alabama (RECA), a voluntary state developed code equivalent to the IECC 2000 without SHGC 0.40 is contingent upon local adoption. Eight jurisdictions have adopted the International codes, including IECC 2000 without tampering with the low solar heat gain low-e window requirements. After an attempt in the state legislature to require the 2006 IECC for commercial buildings failed in the state Senate, a joint resolution established the 2006 IECC as the recommended code for the state of Alabama. Effective December 1, 2008, all new construction within the jurisdiction of the state building commission (state-funded buildings) is subject to the 2006 IECC, though residential and commercial construction is not yet required to comply. Copies of Alabama’s RECA and ABECC are available online. |
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