Code Updates

NOTICE: The Connecticut Codes and Standards Committee, Codes Amendment Subcommittee, in conjunction with the Office of the State Building Inspector is starting the process of reviewing the 2012 International Code Council's Family of Codes for the next Connecticut code cycle.  This includes the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code.  The Subcommittee will accept change proposals on the Connecticut Proposed Code Change Form on or before Friday, March 30, 2012.

NOTICE:  The State of Connecticut adopted the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as an amendment to the 2005 State Building Code effective Octrober 6, 2011.

The following are links to state web pages that have information on the current state building and energy codes and the agencies/committees responsible for thier changes.

Connecticut State Building Code

Connecticut Codes and Standards

Massachusetts State Building Code

Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards

 The following are links to web pages that have codes and standards information.

International Code Council (ICC)

Addenda to ASHRAE Standards

The following spreadsheeet summarizes the code requirements in 2009 IECC and Standard 90.1-2007 with the 2008 Supplement for climate zone 5A (Connecticut and Massachusetts are in 5A).  It also shows the requirements of the previous Connecticut Energy Code, the 2006 IECC. Current CT Energy Code

The following is a link to a suggested format for showing compliance with the 2009 IECC on the construction documents.  Since compliance for commercial projects must be with the 2009 IECC in its entirety or Standard 90.1-2007 in its entirety, there are four spreadsheets shown on the AIA Connecticut web page.

The following is a spreadsheet the compares the requirements of the current Connecticut energy code, 2009 IECC, to the requirements of the next Connecticut energy code.  The next energy code is proposed to be the 2012 IECC and could be adopted as soon as the second half of 2013.  The spreadsheet also show the requirements of Standard 90.1-2010 that is an alternate compliance path.
Next CT Energy Code

For those interested in how the requirements of Standard 90.1 have changed, the following spreadsheets show the progression of the requirements.
Standard 90.1-2001, -2004, -2007 Requirements

Standard 90.1-2004, -2007, -2010 Requirements

This home page is maintained by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. P.O. Box 143 Cromwell, CT 06416. ASHRAE chapters may not act for the Society and the information presented here has not had Society review. To learn more about ASHRAE activities on an international level, contact the ASHRAE home page at http://www.ashrae.org