The International Code Council is proposing a drastic and controversial change that would streamline the development process for its model International Energy Conservation Code, basing it instead on the system used by the American National Standards Institute. Those favoring the status quo maintain that the existing ICC process, though complex and many-layered, has merit.
The proposed change to the energy code committee’s system will be on the agenda for the upcoming ICC board of directors meeting in early March. The specific date has not been set. The proposal may or may not be voted on at that meeting, according to Mike Pfeiffer, ICC’s senior vice president of technical services.