New Mexico State Snapshot

NEW MEXICO CURRENT CODE

Residential: 2006 IECC (Mandatory) Commercial: ASHRAE 90.1-2004 (Mandatory) DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 1,984,356 Total Housing Units: 805,293 ENERGY CONSUMPTION Residential Sector: 106.7 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 120.7 Trillion BTU 68% of the natural gas supply in New Mexico is consumed to heat residential homes. Residential use of natural gas costs $7.94/thousand cubic ft.

New Mexico will receive $31.8 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:  2.8 trillion Btu of energy  166 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to the annual emissions of 30,403 passenger vehicles)  $23 million.  $23 million could pay more than the full undergraduate tuition for current students at private universities in New Mexico 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:

Regulatory Process: The codes are adopted or amended by the Construction Industries Division, on recommendation of the various trade bureaus that have been New Mexico is a leading created under its auspices. As part of the process, the new code or code amendproducer of crude oil and ments are reviewed by the general construction technical advisory council and a natural gas. code change committee. Once approved, comments are solicited at public hearCODE CHANGE CYCLE ings. The final version is prepared by Construction Industry Division staff and Generally every three years sent to the Construction Industry Commission. If approved, the changes are sent to archive and become effective after a thirty day waiting period. For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org) or Nick Zigelbaum ([email protected])

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