%T You can’t make bricks without straw: building a residential energy code support program from a utility perspective
%A Donald Boza
%A Chad Miller
%A Joshua Rego
%A et al.
%I 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 21-26 August 2016, Pacific Grove, United States
%D 2016

%K Sustainable building design and construction, %K Building energy codes, %K Energy saving, %K Housing



%U https://apo.org.au/node/217441

%X Improvements in building energy codes cannot be fully realized unless targeted stakeholder education, training and outreach is provided to support increased understanding of and compliance with the minimum requirements. With Michigan’s adoption of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), an analysis determined statewide annual energy savings of approximately 480,000 MMBtu and $4 million in annual utility bill savings for homeowners from bringing below code residential new construction up to minimum requirements.
%9 Conference paper