The ICC Board of Directors has developed a draft scope and intent for the 2027 IECC based on feedback from the 2024 IECC appeals process. The ICC Board has proposed the following directions to be written in the IECC Commentary and provided to the IECC-Residential Development Committee in advance of the Commentary being published: • The code shall provide a minimum base energy code with prescriptive and performance-based pathways that take into consideration feasibility of technology and costs impacts to building owners and occupants. • Provisions of the code shall not promote or penalize specific types of equipment or fuel sources. • The code will aim to simplify code requirements to facilitate the code’s use and compliance rate. The code is updated on a three-year cycle with each subsequent edition providing increased energy savings over the prior edition. • This code is intended to provide flexibility to permit the use of innovative approaches and techniques to achieve this intent. This code is not intended to abridge safety, health, or environmental requirements contained in other applicable codes or ordinances. • Provisions that provide for greenhouse gas reductions or resilience benefits (e.g., electric vehicles, readiness, demand response, and onsite or off-site energy storage or renewable energy) as well as provisions to achieve zero energy buildings shall only be included either in an optional appendix/appendix or as part of a compliance path (e.g., credits system, simulated performance) where compliance is still possible without using or promoting such measures (e.g., through strictly energy efficiency measures) The draft 2027 IECC (Commercial & Residential) Scope & Intent Draft For Public Comment is posted here The draft IECC scope and intent will be open for public comment until Monday, August 19, 2024, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time. Comments can be posted here. Following review and consideration of the public comments, the ICC Board of Directors will then set the final scope and intent statements for the 2027 IECC. The ICC is now accepting applications for IECC Consensus Committee membership for the 2027 code development cycle. The application can be submitted online here.
