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2018 IECC & Illinois – Timeline

UPDATED It is that time again, as the 2018 IRC & numerous other building codes have been published, the State of Illinois is now under the clock to adopt the latest IECC per the EEB Act. The timeline as it stands at the moment is: September 2017 – Publication Date  December 2017 – Convene initial […]

Filed Under: Building Codes December 4, 2017 By SLS

Guest Post: How The 2015 Energy Code Affects Historic & Existing Buildings

So what happens when a couple of veteran construction editors get frustrated that construction media hasn’t really moved beyond magazines to an actual jobsite tool like, say your smart phone? Well they decided to create their own site to meet those needs and went live last June. Say hello to ProTradeCraft.com; a training and information resource site created for builders, remodelers, […]

Filed Under: Building Codes Tagged With: Guest Posting March 31, 2016 By SLS

First Look – The 2015 IRC Changes

This is part two of our series on the 2015 code changes. The first one dealt mainly with the Energy portion (2015 IECC) while this one will focus more on the building side. As many know the Building Code & Energy Codes are updated every three years. Every code update cycle seems to focus around or is […]

Filed Under: Building Codes February 22, 2016 By SLS

Notes from the field: Finding the leaks

Quick Note: As many know “The HTRC” was created and brought to you by SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC. Many of the articles on here are based on projects we work on, questions that are asked, etc… In this case, this piece was brought about by a few recent tests we did & basically covers […]

Filed Under: Building Codes February 12, 2016 By SLS

Getting ready for 2016 – Energy Code Changes & Other Items of Note

Well it is official – The Illinois “CDB received a Certification of No Objection from JCAR at Tuesday’s meeting (Dec. 15th, 2015), meaning that our rules were accepted.  The effective date of the 2015 IECC (with amendments) as the Illinois Energy Conservation Code is January 1, 2016.” (Final 2015 Illinois Specific Amendments – these are the changes […]

Filed Under: Building Codes December 21, 2015 By SLS

The Latest: Illinois & the 2015 Energy Codes

As a brief recap: all states must adopt the 2012 IECC and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 (or better) energy codes no later than February 17th, 2017 & the 2015 code by June 12th of 2017. Many states are electing to skip the 2012 code all together and are pushing for the 2015 version for some very good reasons. […]

Filed Under: Building Codes August 13, 2015 By SLS

Illinois; The ERI, the IECAC, & RESNET – The Final Push

UPDATE: By a margin of 4 to 1, the ERI is being recommended to stay in the codes, basement’s only need the top 4′ & the 62.2.10 spec still stands. Monday April 6th (10 AM to noon) will decide whether the ERI aka as the HERS option will be part of Illinois new Energy Code or […]

Filed Under: Building Codes March 30, 2015 By SLS

The Fight over the ERI & … Return to Sender

Yesterday the full IECAC committee met to hear the commercial and residential sub-committees recommendations. Many items were approved with 4 items being referred back to the appropriate sub-committees. Here is a recap of that 2 1/2 hour meeting, what passed, what is still being debated, a few new objections, & a big you have to be kidding me (can you […]

Filed Under: Building Codes March 19, 2015 By SLS

Illinois & the Fight over the ERI Path

Tomorrow, Wednesday March 18th, the Illinois Energy Conservation Advisory Council will hold session to hear various sub-committee recommendations and possibly move to vote on the their final recommendations for the adoption of the 2015 IECC. Originally there was a huge fight to simply skip this code cycle due to the “limited performance gains” making it seem largely […]

Filed Under: Building Codes March 17, 2015 By SLS

My Take: How hard is it to hit the IECC Air Leakage Targets?

Lately as more states are looking at adopting the 2012 or 2015 codes many builders are worried about the Air Leakage aka Blower Door Test. Is it possible to hit those numbers… how hard is it… how much is it going to cost… how about smaller units like a townhouse… how can I make sure […]

Filed Under: Air Sealing & Insulation, Building Codes February 25, 2015 By SLS

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