Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability White Paper
This white paper addresses two issues that opponents to improved energy codes typically raise.
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ICF Compares Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: Mortgage Cash Flow and Simple Payback
This report provides a comparison overview of life-cycle cost, simple payback, and mortgage cash-flow in assessing energy code cost-effectiveness.
2024 IECC Process
This resource provides an overview of the 2024 IECC development process.
2024 IECC – Significant Potential Efficiency Rollbacks
This resource provides a priority list of proposals that should be disapproved as unacceptable rollbacks by the IECC-Residential and Commercial Consensus Committees and relevant subcommittees.
2024 IECC – EECC Recommendations on Key Proposals
This document provides a brief outline of select proposals on the efficiency of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), along with the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition’s (EECC) initial recommendations.
Recommendations on Select 2024 Residential First PC Draft Comments
Summaries and recommendations on residential comments.
IMT Joins 80 Advocates Calling for FHFA Action on Energy Codes to Lower Housing Costs
Consumer, energy, housing, health, manufacturing, and environmental groups urge FHFA action on affordability, mortgage risk, safety
Model Utility Data Access Law
This model law is tailored to ensure that building owners can easily obtain the necessary data to identify potential areas for energy savings and finance and implement improvements.
Unintended Consequences & Potential Solutions of Building Decarbonization (Part 2)
Dive into solutions like financial support, equitable community engagement, affordable housing protections, green workforce development, health impact assessments, and cultural sensitivity.
Systems Change in Climate Action
When I think about the future of buildings work – and specifically how we fortify and reduce pollution in our existing homes and workplaces – these themes are emerging.