BOMA International’s codes team successfully represented your interests during the final hearings Atlantic City that determined the content of the 2015 editions of eight of the International Code Council’s (ICC) sixteen codes. 

Victories were achieved in keeping the unnecessary and extremely costly mandates on new and existing buildings out of the codes in these areas:

•Retro-commissioning for energy and mechanical systems in existing buildings every five years 

•Solar-ready provisions, including dedicated roof space, for all buildings 

•Increased insulation levels for wall, floor, roof and windows 

•Whole building air barrier testing 

•Auto shut-off controls on 50 percent of electrical receptacles 

•Inspection of existing building energy code compliance triggered by any permit application 

•Renewal of building certificates of occupancy every five years 

•Retroactive sprinkler system installation for all business occupancies over three stories and all existing hotels and motels 

•Mold inspection and remediation of all existing buildings 

•Radon abatement system installation triggered by renovation permits