North Dakota State Snapshot

NORTH DAKOTA CURRENT CODE

Residential: 1993 MEC (Voluntary) Commercial: ASHRAE/IESNA 90.11989 (Voluntary) DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 641,481 Total Housing Units: 294,165 ENERGY CONSUMPTION Residential Sector: 59.7 Trillion BTU Commercial Sector: 56.9 Trillion BTU 43% of the natural gas supply in North Dakota is consumed to heat residential homes. Residential use of natural gas costs $8.70/thousand cubic ft.

North Dakota will receive $24.5 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:  2.6 trillion Btu of energy  169 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to the annual emissions of 30,952 passenger vehicles)  $19 million  $19 million could pay more than the full undergraduate tuition for current students at private universities in North Dakota 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.

Nearly all of generated elec- CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Legislative & Regulatory Process: The North Dakota Department of Commerce is tricity is produced by coal responsible for updating and amending the current ND energy code. Changes to fired power plants. the state energy code must first be processed through the North Dakota Division CODE CHANGE CYCLE of Community Services, part of the Department of Commerce. Rules and regulations associated with a new code are established through the Administrative PracAdoption considered as tices Act. soon as new editions are available For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org) or Nick Zigelbaum ([email protected])

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