Laserfiche WebLink
LLCity Of <br />Louisville <br />City Manager's Office <br />Memorandum <br />To: Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board <br />From: Katie Baum, Sustainability Coordinator <br />Date: August 18, 2021 <br />Re: Discussion Item 8: Building Code Update <br />Summary <br />City Council's 2021 Work Plan has Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Additions to Building Code as a medium <br />priority work plan item. Changing the way we power our buildings is an urgent part of the community's broader <br />clean energy transformation and a critical path to increasing community energy resiliency. <br />Louisville currently enforces the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Key changes to the 2021 <br />IECC improve energy efficiency, encourage greater flexibility in design and construction, reduce greenhouse gas <br />emissions, and provide clarification and usability of the code. Communities that regularly adopt the IECC save <br />money for residents and businesses and improve community health and resilience. <br />Phase 1 of the building code update hinges on the adoption of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code. <br />Staff will go to Council on September 71" for initial direction and discussion on the 2021 adoption and <br />amendments, which include the adoption of solar -ready zone appendices (residential and commercial), electric <br />vehicle infrastructure (residential and commercial), and considerations to make conversion from gas equipment <br />and appliances to electric easier and less cost -prohibitive (residential and commercial). <br />Next Steps <br />Staff seeks input and discussion on the first phase of the building code update. <br />