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CODE WATCHER
18 5 Code Warrior

Real Builders Respect Building Codes

6 News and Trends

The state of building code enforcement … WE Stand
call for comments … Ebook on continuous exterior
insulation … cutting-edge products that help builders
meet code … research on how builders
feel about HERS raters.

8 Energy Code Minute: “Prescriptive”
Options for Ceiling Insulation

Here’s a quick primer on how to get the
right R-value in ceilings when following
the Prescriptive Path of the 2009, 2012
and 2015 IECC.

8 12 2018 IECC Public Comment Hearing
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While there will be well over 200 code change
www.codewatcher.us proposals for the 2018 IECC, here are the three topics
that will garner a lot of attention.

18 High-Performance Plus Solar

For reducing dependence on fossil fuels, solar is
everyone’s darling, but when it comes to using
it as a trade-off for high-performance envelope,
it loses its shine.

22 The ICC’s Nightmare on Elm Street

30 Will the Trade-Off Loophole in the proposed

2018 IECC earn the first-ever “negative”
determination from DOE?

24 The New ERI Path

Section R406 of the 2015 IECC is a dramatic shift
from public ownership to privatizing building energy
code enforcement. Should we care?

28 Code Trends: CdpACCESS:
The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain

An online portal built for the ICC plus a policy change
equals streamlined code voting, but is the technology
ready for prime time in Kansas City?

30 Better Than Code:

Cover art by Kip Ayers Passive Powerhouse

24 The largest PHIUS certified project in
New England is also affordable.

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