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1 | AN ACT in relation to energy conservation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Energy
Efficient Commercial Building Act.
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6 | Section 5. Findings.
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7 | (a) The legislature finds that an effective energy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | efficient commercial building code
is essential to:
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9 | (1) reduce the air pollutant emissions from energy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | consumption that are
affecting the health of residents of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | this State;
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12 | (2) moderate future peak electric power demand;
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13 | (3) assure the reliability of the electrical grid and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | an adequate supply
of heating oil and natural gas; and
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15 | (4) control energy costs for residents and businesses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | in this State.
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17 | (b) The legislature further finds that this State has a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | number of different
climate types, all of which require energy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | for both cooling and heating, and
that there are many | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | cost-effective measures that can reduce peak energy use and
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21 | reduce cooling, heating, lighting, and other energy costs in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | commercial buildings.
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23 | Section 10. Definitions.
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24 | "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
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25 | "Code" means the 2000 International Energy Conservation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Code, the 2001
supplement to that Code, and the adaptations to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | the Code that are made by the
Board.
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28 | "Commercial building" means any building except a building | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | that is a residential building, as defined in this Section. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | town.
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1 | "Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or | ||||||
2 | 2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or | ||||||
3 | less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling | ||||||
4 | units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent | ||||||
5 | basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a | ||||||
6 | convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority | ||||||
7 | house, a dormitory, and a rooming house.
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8 | Section 15. Energy Efficient Building Code. The Board | ||||||
9 | shall adopt, as
minimum Code
requirements applying to the | ||||||
10 | construction of, renovations to, and additions to
all | ||||||
11 | commercial buildings in the State,
the 2000 International | ||||||
12 | Energy Conservation Code and 2002 Supplement
to the 2000 | ||||||
13 | International Energy Conservation Code as adopted by the
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14 | International Code Council. The Board may
appropriately adapt | ||||||
15 | the International Energy Conservation Code to apply to the
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16 | particular economy, population distribution, geography, and | ||||||
17 | climate of the
State and construction therein, consistent with | ||||||
18 | the public policy
objectives of this Act.
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19 | Section 20. Applicability.
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20 | (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the
Code | ||||||
21 | shall apply
to any commercial building or structure in this | ||||||
22 | State for which a building permit
application is received by a | ||||||
23 | municipality or county on or after the effective
date of this | ||||||
24 | Act.
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25 | (b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Energy | ||||||
26 | Efficient Building Code:
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27 | (1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a | ||||||
28 | locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not | ||||||
29 | contain a conditioned space.
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30 | (2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or | ||||||
31 | fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of | ||||||
32 | determining whether this exemption applies, a
building | ||||||
33 | will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the | ||||||
34 | absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, |
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1 | whenever the building is provided
with electrical service | ||||||
2 | in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official | ||||||
3 | determines that this electrical service is necessary for | ||||||
4 | purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
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5 | (3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to | ||||||
6 | those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of | ||||||
7 | Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic | ||||||
8 | Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as | ||||||
9 | historically significant by a local governing body that is | ||||||
10 | authorized to
make such designations.
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11 | (4) Residential buildings. | ||||||
12 | (5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the | ||||||
13 | International Energy Conservation Code.
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14 | Section 25. Technical assistance.
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15 | (a) The Board shall make available to builders, designers, | ||||||
16 | engineers, and
architects implementation materials that | ||||||
17 | explain the requirements of the
Code and describe methods of | ||||||
18 | compliance
acceptable to Code Enforcement Officials.
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19 | (b) The materials shall include software tools, simplified | ||||||
20 | prescriptive
options, and other materials as appropriate. The | ||||||
21 | simplified materials shall be
designed for projects in which a | ||||||
22 | design professional may not be involved.
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23 | (c) The Board shall provide local jurisdictions with | ||||||
24 | technical assistance
concerning implementation and enforcement | ||||||
25 | of the
Code.
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26 | Section 30. Enforcement. The
Board shall
determine
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27 | procedures for compliance with the Code. These procedures
may | ||||||
28 | include but need not be
limited to certification by a national, | ||||||
29 | State, or local accredited energy
conservation program or | ||||||
30 | inspections from private Code-certified inspectors
using the | ||||||
31 | Code.
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32 | Section 35. Rules. The Board may adopt any rules that are | ||||||
33 | necessary for the
furtherance of this Act.
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1 | Section 40. Input from interested parties. When
developing | ||||||
2 | Code adaptations, rules, and procedures for
compliance with the | ||||||
3 | Code, the Capital Development Board, or
the Illinois Building | ||||||
4 | Commission as directed by the Board,
shall seek input from | ||||||
5 | representatives from the building
trades, design | ||||||
6 | professionals, construction professionals,
code | ||||||
7 | administrators, and other interested entities affected.
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8 | Section 45. Home rule. No unit of local government, | ||||||
9 | including any home rule unit, may regulate energy efficient | ||||||
10 | building standards in a manner that is less stringent than the | ||||||
11 | provisions contained in this Act. This Section is a denial
and | ||||||
12 | limitation
of home rule powers and functions under subsection | ||||||
13 | (i) of Section 6
of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on | ||||||
14 | the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and | ||||||
15 | functions exercised by the State.
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect one year | ||||||
17 | after becoming law. |