Idaho State Snapshot

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IDAHO CURRENT CODE

Residential: 2006 IECC Commercial: 2006 IECC DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 1,523,816 Total Housing Units: 552,117 ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Idaho will receive $28.5 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:  5.5 trillion Btu of energy  319 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to annual greenhouse gases for 58,425 passenger vehicles) 

Residential Sector: 118.0 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 80.6 Trillion BTU

$30 million 

$30 million would more than pay the full undergraduate tuition of current students at private universities in Idaho.

45% of the state’s natural gas supply is used for heating the home.

FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES: In February 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $3.1 billion for U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy ProNatural gas is the largest 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 2009 and Standard 90.1-2007). Thus, it is in the state’s best economic gas in Idaho costs $12.05/ interests to adopt these standards statewide and begin enjoying the thousand cu ft, exceeding benefits of an efficient building sector. the national average. CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Legislative: UpCODE CHANGE CYCLE dated codes are adopted every three years by the Idaho Legislature as Three-year code review cythey are revised by the International Code Council. cle, concurrent with the 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 ([email protected])

BCAP BCAP 1850 M St. NW Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20036 | www.bcap-energy.org

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