passive house: 2013 Brings Illinois A New State Energy Code Similar To Energy Star - 08/22/12 10:36 PM
Trivia Time: What percentage of homes constructed in 2010 received an energy star label? 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%
If you guessed (or knew it was) 25%, then you're in the money, green money that is.
In states like Arizona, Ohio, Nevada and Iowa, the numbers are 50%.
As of January 1, 2013, the state of Illinois will change over to the 2012 IECC which is almost as stringent as the latest version of Energy Star.  So, for those single-family residential builders and developers already constructing Energy Star qualifying homes, they will little change to fulfill this new requirement. Yesterday Corbett Lunsford, … (0 comments)