NAHB Sees Success in Current Code Development Cycle
Thanks in large part to NAHB members and their tireless efforts to educate codes officials, none of the 26 high-priority code change proposals opposed by NAHB passed the first stage of International Code Council (ICC) I-Code development.
The ICC recently held its 2019 Group B Committee Action Hearings in Albuquerque, N.M. on proposed changes to the Group B codes for the 2021 edition of the I-codes. Most importantly, Group B includes the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and International Residential Code (IRC).
For example, among the 26 proposed changes that NAHB opposed and deemed a top priority, one included a proposal to require an electric vehicle-ready parking space, with charging infrastructure, on all new single-family homes.
The ICC committees considered nearly 1,400 code change proposals. Overall, the committees supported NAHB's position on 84% of the proposals where a position was taken.
Other major wins included:
- Updating the residential footing table where many of the current provisions require oversizing the footers.
- Defeating a proposal that would consider a habitable attic to be a story, subsequently pushing many townhomes out of the residential code.