RCW 19.27A.015
State energy code—Minimum and maximum energy code.
Except as provided in *RCW 19.27A.020(7), the Washington state energy code for residential buildings shall be the maximum and minimum energy code for residential buildings in each city, town, and county and shall be enforced by each city, town, and county no later than July 1, 1991. The Washington state energy code for nonresidential buildings shall be the minimum energy code for nonresidential buildings enforced by each city, town, and county.
[ 1990 c 2 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 19.27A.020 was amended by 2009 c 423 § 4, changing subsection (7) to subsection (6).
Findings—1990 c 2: "The legislature finds that using energy efficiently in housing is one of the lowest cost ways to meet consumer demand for energy; that using energy efficiently helps protect citizens of the state from negative impacts due to changes in energy supply and cost; that using energy efficiently will help mitigate negative environmental impacts of energy use and resource development; and that using energy efficiently will help stretch our present energy resources into the future. The legislature further finds that the electricity surplus in the Northwest is dwindling as the population increases and the economy expands, and that the region will eventually need new sources of electricity generation.
It is declared policy of the state of Washington that energy be used efficiently. It is the intent of this act to establish residential building standards that bring about the common use of energy efficient building methods, and to assure that such methods remain economically feasible and affordable to purchasers of newly constructed housing." [ 1990 c 2 § 1.]
Severability—1990 c 2: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1990 c 2 § 13.]
Effective dates—1990 c 2: See note following RCW 19.27.040.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.27A - Energy-Related Building Standards.
19.27A.015 - State energy code—Minimum and maximum energy code.
19.27A.025 - Nonresidential buildings—Minimum standards—Amendments.
19.27A.045 - Maintaining energy code for residential structures.
19.27A.050 - State building code council—Construction—Inclusion of successor agency.
19.27A.060 - Hot water heaters—Temperature regulation.
19.27A.090 - Portable oil-fueled heaters—Sales and use—Approval required.
19.27A.100 - Portable oil-fueled heaters—Requirements for approval.
19.27A.120 - Violations—Penalty.
19.27A.130 - Finding—2009 c 423.
19.27A.150 - Strategic plan—Development and implementation.
19.27A.170 - Utilities—Maintenance of records of energy consumption data—Disclosure.
19.27A.180 - Energy performance score—Implementation strategy—Development and recommendations.
19.27A.190 - Qualifying public agency duties—Energy benchmark—Performance rating—Reports.
19.27A.200 - State energy performance standard—Definitions.
19.27A.210 - State energy performance standard.
19.27A.230 - State energy performance standard—Limit on early adoption incentive payments.
19.27A.240 - State energy performance standard—Early adoption incentive payment administration.
19.27A.250 - State energy management and benchmarking requirement.