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CURRENT CODE
Kansas will receive $38 Million from the federal govern-
ment if the state adopts the latest energy codes:
IECC 2009 (International Energy Conservation
Code)
Residential:
ASHRAE 90.1 2007 (American Society of Heating
None
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers)
Commercial:
2006 IECC
Accumulated residential sector savings, 2009 to 2030,
DEMOGRAPHICS would be:
Population: 2,802,134
9.8 trillion Btu of energy
Total Housing Units: 638 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to an-
1,159,276 nual greenhouse gases for 116,850 passenger vehicles)
$79 million
ENERGY $79 million would more than pay the full under-
CONSUMPTION graduate tuition of current students at private univer-
Residential Sector:
sities in Kansas.
213.0 Trillion BTU
Residential use of natural CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS: Legislative: Adoption
gas in Kansas costs up to and changes to the statewide energy code proceed through the state legisla-
$10.97/thousand cu ft.
ture.
CODE CHANGE CYCLE
No set schedule For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org)
or Nick Zigelbaum (nzigelbaum@nrdc.org)
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