IDAHO

CURRENT CODE
Residential: 2006 IECC
Commercial: 2006 IECC
DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 1,523,816
Total Housing Units:
552,117
ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
Residential Sector:
118.0 Trillion BTU
Commercial Sector:
80.6 Trillion BTU
Idaho will receive $28.5 Million from the federal govern-
ment 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:
 5.5 trillion Btu of energy
 319 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to an-
nual greenhouse gases for 58,425 passenger vehicles)
 $30 million
 $30 million would more than pay the full under-
graduate tuition of current students at private univer-
sities in Idaho.

45% of the state’s natural

gas supply is used for heat-FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES:
ing the home.
In February 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allo-
Natural gas is the largest cated $3.1 billion for U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy Pro-
consumed source of energy gram (SEP) to assist states with building energy efficiency efforts. As
for the state’s residential one of the requirements to receive SEP grants, state governors must
sector. certify to DOE that their state will implement energy codes of equal or
greater stringency than the latest national model codes (currently IECC
Residential use of natural
gas in Idaho costs $12.05/ 2009 and Standard 90.1-2007). Thus, it is in the state’s best economic
thousand cu ft, exceeding interests to adopt these standards statewide and begin enjoying the
the national average. benefits of an efficient building sector.
CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Legislative: Up-
CODE CHANGE CYCLE dated codes are adopted every three years by the Idaho Legislature as
Three-year code review cy-
cle, concurrent with the they are revised by the International Code Council.
publication of new editions
of the model codes.
For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org)
or Nick Zigelbaum (nzigelbaum@nrdc.org)

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