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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 ASHRAE 90.1-1999 Standard, which is included within | ||||||
27 | that Code, the 2001
supplement to that Code, and the | ||||||
28 | adaptations to the Code that are made by the
Board.
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29 | "Commercial building" means any building except a building | ||||||
30 | that is a residential building, as defined in this Section. | ||||||
31 | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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1 | Opportunity. | ||||||
2 | "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated | ||||||
3 | town.
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4 | "Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or | ||||||
5 | 2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or | ||||||
6 | less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling | ||||||
7 | units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent | ||||||
8 | basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a | ||||||
9 | convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority | ||||||
10 | house, a dormitory, and a rooming house.
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11 | Section 15. Energy Efficient Building Code. The Board, in | ||||||
12 | consultation with the Department, shall adopt the Code as | ||||||
13 | minimum
requirements applying to the construction of, | ||||||
14 | renovations to, and additions to all commercial buildings in | ||||||
15 | the State. The Board may
appropriately adapt the International | ||||||
16 | Energy Conservation Code to apply to the
particular economy, | ||||||
17 | population distribution, geography, and climate of the
State | ||||||
18 | and construction therein, consistent with the public policy
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19 | objectives of this Act.
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20 | Section 20. Applicability.
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21 | (a) The Code shall take effect one year after it is adopted | ||||||
22 | by the Board and shall apply
to any commercial building or | ||||||
23 | structure in this State for which a building permit
application | ||||||
24 | is received by a municipality or county, except as otherwise | ||||||
25 | provided by this Act.
In the case of any addition, alteration, | ||||||
26 | renovation, or repair to an existing commercial structure, the | ||||||
27 | Code adopted under this Act applies only to the portions of | ||||||
28 | that structure that are being added, altered, renovated, or | ||||||
29 | repaired.
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30 | (b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Code:
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31 | (1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a | ||||||
32 | locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not | ||||||
33 | contain a conditioned space.
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34 | (2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or |
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1 | fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of | ||||||
2 | determining whether this exemption applies, a
building | ||||||
3 | will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the | ||||||
4 | absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, | ||||||
5 | whenever the building is provided
with electrical service | ||||||
6 | in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official | ||||||
7 | determines that this electrical service is necessary for | ||||||
8 | purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
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9 | (3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to | ||||||
10 | those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of | ||||||
11 | Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic | ||||||
12 | Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as | ||||||
13 | historically significant by a local governing body that is | ||||||
14 | authorized to
make such designations.
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15 | (4) Residential buildings. | ||||||
16 | (5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the | ||||||
17 | International Energy Conservation Code.
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18 | Section 25. Technical assistance.
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19 | (a) The Department shall make available to builders, | ||||||
20 | designers, engineers, and
architects implementation materials | ||||||
21 | that explain the requirements of the
Code and describe methods | ||||||
22 | of compliance
acceptable to Code Enforcement Officials.
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23 | (b) The materials shall include software tools, simplified | ||||||
24 | prescriptive
options, and other materials as appropriate. The | ||||||
25 | simplified materials shall be
designed for projects in which a | ||||||
26 | design professional may not be involved.
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27 | (c) The Department shall provide local jurisdictions with | ||||||
28 | technical assistance
concerning implementation and enforcement | ||||||
29 | of the
Code.
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30 | Section 30. Enforcement. The
Board, in consultation with | ||||||
31 | the Department, shall
determine
procedures for compliance with | ||||||
32 | the Code. These procedures
may include but need not be
limited | ||||||
33 | to certification by a national, State, or local accredited | ||||||
34 | energy
conservation program or inspections from private |
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1 | Code-certified inspectors
using the Code.
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2 | Section 35. Rules. The Board may adopt any rules that are | ||||||
3 | necessary for the
furtherance of this Act.
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4 | Section 40. Input from interested parties. When
developing | ||||||
5 | Code adaptations, rules, and procedures for
compliance with the | ||||||
6 | Code, the Capital Development Board, or
the Illinois Building | ||||||
7 | Commission as directed by the Board,
shall seek input from | ||||||
8 | representatives from the building
trades, design | ||||||
9 | professionals, construction professionals,
code | ||||||
10 | administrators, and other interested entities affected.
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11 | Section 45. Home rule. No unit of local government, | ||||||
12 | including any home rule unit, may regulate energy efficient | ||||||
13 | building standards in a manner that is less stringent than the | ||||||
14 | provisions contained in this Act. This Section is a denial
and | ||||||
15 | limitation
of home rule powers and functions under subsection | ||||||
16 | (i) of Section 6
of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on | ||||||
17 | the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and | ||||||
18 | functions exercised by the State.
Nothing in this Section, | ||||||
19 | however, prevents a unit of local government from adopting an | ||||||
20 | energy efficiency code or standards that are more stringent | ||||||
21 | than the Code under this Act.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law. |