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Collaboration on developing public comments to DOE code change proposals to the IECC

November 13, 2009

RE: Collaboration of submitting comments to ICC on code change proposals

Dear Stakeholders and Parties Interested in the 2012 IECC Development Process:

The ICC hearings in Baltimore were truly exciting and we all accomplished quite a bit. The goal of a 30% improvement in the 2012 IECC compared to the 2006 IECC is in sight. However, we still have work to do and I would like to once again openly work with any and all interested stakeholders.

The next step in the process is the preparation and submittal of public comments on the proposals. DOE currently intends to develop public comments on many of its own proposals as well as others. We would like to continue this collaborative process and are seeking input from those who share our goal of a 30% improvement; or better. Because of the potential for a very abbreviated ICC Final Action Agenda Hearing schedule, we have to work a little harder, a little faster and most of all more efficiently to get this all accomplished.

We will post our initial list of proposals on which we intend to develop public comments at:
www.energycodes.gov/IECC2012

Included will be the name and email of staff that will coordinate development of specific DOE comments.

After our initial posting, we invite you to contact our staff with any suggestions or improvements you might have. Staff will work with you and we will revise our draft comments and post these revisions at pre-stated intervals:

  • 11/13/2009 — Initial posting
  • 12/11/2009 — Second posting
  • 1/8/2010 — Third Posting

These dates may slip a little, or we may make additional postings, depending on how much input we get from you.

Between each interval, staff will continue to work with you and revise our comments right up to our internal deadline towards the end of January. If we come to agreement, we will be looking for you to co-sign as a proponent of the public comment submitted.

This collaborative process has but one goal, to build support and strengthen proposals that meet or exceed a 30% improvement of IECC 2012 over 2006. Together, through IECC 2009, we were able to get halfway there. All of us who share this goal need to work together to get the code the rest of the way.

Ron Majette
U.S. Department of Energy