Act No. 151 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 151 (S.253). An act relating to building energy codes
Subjects: Public service; building energy; residential building energy codes;
commercial building energy codes
This act establishes the Building Energy Code Working Group to recommend
strategies to increase awareness of and compliance with the Residential Building Energy
Standards (RBES) and the Commercial Building Energy Standards (CBES). The act also
allows the RBES and the CBES to be updated by the Commissioner of Public Service
when it is timely and appropriate. It also directs the Office of Professional Regulation to
ask for additional information from residential building contractors when they register,
acknowledge that contractors must comply with the RBES and CBES, and update any
contract templates the Office provides to state that projects must comply with the RBES.
Effective Date: June 3, 2024
VT LEG #377354 v.2
Statutes affected: As Introduced: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53
As Passed By the Senate -- Official: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53
As Passed By the Senate -- Unofficial: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53
As Enacted: 30-51(c), 30-51, 30-53(c), 30-53