Arizona State Snapshot

ARIZONA CURRENT CODE

Residential: 2000 IECC (Voluntary) Commercial: ASHRAE/IESNA 90.11999 mandatory for stateowned and state funded buildings only DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 6,500,180

Arizona will receive $55 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:  16.7 trillion Btu of energy  972 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emission for 178,022 passenger vehicles)

Total Housing Units: 2,328,720 ENERGY CONSUMPTION Residential Sector: 397.6 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 346.5 Trillion BTU 38% of the state’s natural gas supply and 54% of the state’s consumed electricity is used for heating the home. Arizona’s residential sector relies most heavily on natural gas for energy.

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$117 million. 

$117 million would almost pay the full undergraduate tuition of current students at private universities in Arizona.

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: Legislative: Arizona is a home rule

state, thus codes are adopted and enforced on a local level. The State Energy Code Advisory Commission reviews the state energy code through an open, voluntary, and consensus process, performs cost-benefit analyses of potential state incentives for the use of energy saving devices and methods, and provides annual reports on its findings. At present, statewide adoption of an energy code, both residential and/ CODE CHANGE CYCLE or commercial, must be mandated by the legislature. No set schedule For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org) Residential use of natural gas costs $18.26 per thousand cubic ft., exceeding the country’s average.

or Nick Zigelbaum ([email protected])

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