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DOE's 2024 IECC Analysis Puts Trust in the Agency to the Test

A dramatic shift in the Department of Energy's approach to building energy codes raises a bigger question: There are certainly people who will point to the 2021 IECC's development process as the moment when trust made its move towards the proverbial door.

DOE's 2024 IECC Analysis Puts Trust in the Agency to the Test

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A dramatic shift in the Department of Energy's approach to building energy codes raises a bigger question:

I would disagree, since an audit conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) found that no rules were broken and that the 2021 model code was legitimate.

There are certainly people who will point to the 2021 IECC's development process as the moment when trust made its move towards the proverbial door.

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A dramatic shift in the Department of Energy's approach to building energy codes raises a bigger question: There are certainly people who will point to the 2021 IECC's development process as the moment when trust made its move towards the proverbial door. I would disagree, since an audit conducted by the International Code Council (ICC) found that no rules were broken and that the 2021 model code was legitimate.

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  • However, the ICC was persuaded to overhaul their energy code development process in the immediate aftermath, which cast an undeserved shadow over the 2021 IECC outcome.

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What happens when trust in the process starts to disappear?

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