Current Status Bill Number:3926 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950405 Primary Sponsor:Keyserling, All Sponsors:Keyserling, Lloyd, Cobb-Hunter, Sandifer, Cave, Richardson, Moody-Lawrence, Sheheen, McCraw, Klauber, Phillips, Bailey, Hines, Clyburn, P. Harris, Spearman, Hutson and Stuart Drafted Document Number:br1\18336ac.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Building energy efficiency standards
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House 19950405 Introduced, read first time, 26 HLCI
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TO AMEND SECTION 6-10-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, SO AS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO STATE ENERGY CODES, TO FURTHER DEFINE COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS IN THESE CODES FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS, AND DELETE EXCEPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 6-10-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 449 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"Section 6-10-30. (a)(A) The current edition of Appendix J (Code for Energy Conservation in new building construction) to the Standard Building Code of the Southern Building Code Congress International, Incorporated, the Council of American Building Officials (CABO) Model Energy Code is hereby adopted as the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard unless otherwise provided for in this chapter for one and two family dwellings. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1 or any successor standard is adopted as the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard for all other buildings. All new and renovated buildings and additions constructed one hundred and twenty days after the effective date of this chapter within the State shall comply with this standard.
(b)(B) Until one hundred and twenty days after adoption of the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard, energy related building regulations adopted by a local government shall continue in effect unless repealed. Thereafter, such regulations adopted by a local government shall be are void and of no effect unless they are no less stringent than the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard. A building permit validly issued pursuant to local building regulations within one hundred and twenty days after adoption of the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard is valid thereafter, and the construction of a building may be completed pursuant to and in accordance with the permit. In areas of the State having no building regulations or not requiring building permits, the construction of a building started before adoption of the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard may be completed without a building permit.
(c)(C) Until one hundred and twenty days after adoption of the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard, energy related building regulations for new and renovated buildings promulgated by any a state board, department, commission, or agency shall continue continues in effect unless repealed. Thereafter, such these regulations shall be are void and of no effect unless they are no less stringent than the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard.
(d)(D) A one or two family dwelling is deemed in compliance with the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard if it is built in compliance with prescriptive standards issued by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, in consultation with the State Energy Office, based on computer models of the Model Energy Code including, but not limited to, options developed by Pacific Northwest Laboratories for South Carolina's climatic zones. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(A), in one and two family dwellings with no greater than twenty percent of wall area composed of glass are deemed in compliance with the South Carolina Building Energy Efficiency Standard if double pane or storm windows must be are used for window glass and in the case of ceilings, exterior walls, floors with crawl space, and heating and air conditioning duct work, the determination of the minimum thermal resistance ratings (R-value) must be is:
(1) R-30 for ceilings, except for ceiling/roof combinations, which must be at least R-19;
(2) R-13 for exterior walls;
(3) R-19 for floors with crawl space;
(4) R-6, or the installed equivalent, for heating and air conditioning duct work not located in conditioned space.
Nothing in this subsection may be construed to inhibit utilization of higher minimum thermal ratings.
To facilitate the affordability of purchases of housing, minimum thermal resistance ratings of R-19 for ceilings and R-11 for floors may be used provided the builder discloses the insulation levels to the buyer. The disclosure must be on a form available from the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission and a copy must be submitted to the commission which must keep it for thirteen years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor except at the amendments to the last paragraph of Section 6-10-30(D), as contained in Section 1 of this act, take effect one hundred twenty days after this act's effective date.