5:23-3.18 Energy Subcode
(a) Rules concerning the subcode adopted are as follows:
1. Pursuant to authority of P.L. 1975, c. 217, as modified by P.L. 1996, c. 53, the Commissioner hereby adopts the model code of the International Code Council, known as the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC/2009), as the energy subcode for New Jersey.
i. Copies of the IECC/2009 may be obtained from International Code Council, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, Illinois 60478-5795.
ii. The model code listed above may be known and cited as the "energy subcode."
(b) The following chapters and sections of the energy subcode are amended as follows:
1. Chapter 1, Administration, shall be amended as follows:
i. Sections 101.1, Title, 101.2, Scope, and 101.3, Intent, shall be deleted.
ii. Section 101.4, Applicability, shall be deleted except for Subsection 101.4.6, Mixed Occupancy.
iii. Sections 103, Construction Documents, 104, Inspections, and 105, Validity, shall be deleted.
iv. Section 106.4, Other laws, shall be deleted.
v. Sections 107, Fees, 108, Stop Work Order, and 109, Board of Appeals, shall be deleted.
2. Chapter 2, Definitions, shall be amended as follows:
i. In Section 201.3, Terms defined in other codes, "ICC Electrical Code" and "International Plumbing Code" shall be deleted and "National Electrical Code" and "National Standard Plumbing Code" shall be inserted respectively.
ii. The definitions "Addition", "Alteration", "Building", "Code Official", "Dwelling Unit," and "Repair" shall be deleted.
iii. The definition of "Residential Building" shall be amended to add the text "and R-5" after R-3.
3. Chapter 3, Climate Zones, shall be amended as follows:
i. Section 303.3, Maintenance information, shall be deleted.
4. Chapter 4, Residential Energy Efficiency, shall be amended as follows:
i. Section 402.3.6, Replacement fenestration, shall be deleted.
ii. In Section 403.2.2, Sealing (Mandatory), the second paragraph "Effective January 1, 2013" shall be inserted before "Duct tightness."
iii. In Section 403.7, Systems serving multiple dwelling units (Mandatory), delete "Sections 503 and 504" and replace with "Chapters 6 and 7 of the 2007 ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1".
5. Chapter 5, Commercial Energy Efficiency, shall be amended as follows:
i. At Section 501.1, Scope, the text shall be deleted and replaced with the following: "The requirements contained in this chapter shall be applicable to commercial buildings, or portions thereof. These commercial buildings shall meet the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1/2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except for Low-Rise Residential Buildings."
ii. Section 501.2, Application, shall be deleted and replaced with "501.2 Amendments. The following amendments shall apply to ASHRAE/2007:
1. Section 9.4.1.4(c), shall have the following sentence added: "Guest suites shall have the option of a master control device meeting these requirements at the entry to each room."
2. Chapter 8, Power, shall be considered optional.
iii. Section 502, Building Envelope Requirements, Section 503, Building Mechanical Systems, Section 504, Service Water Heating, Section 505, Electrical Power and Lighting Systems, and Section 506, Total Building Performance, shall be deleted in their entirety.
6. Chapter 6, Referenced Standards, shall be amended as follows:
i. In the ICC table, "ICC EC-06, ICC Electrical Code" and "IPC-06, International Plumbing Code" shall be deleted and "NEC-05*, National Electrical Code" and "NSPC-06**, National Standard Plumbing Code" shall be inserted respectively. In addition, at the bottom of the ICC table, "* NEC-05 is non-ICC and is published by National Fire Protection Association" and "** NSPC-06 is non-ICC and is published by the National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors" shall be inserted.
Amended by R. 1987 d. 387, effective October 5, 1987. See: 19 N.J.R. 433(b), 19 N.J.R. 1793(a). Substantially amended. Amended by R. 1988 d. 50, effective February 1, 1988. See: 19 N.J.R. 1862(b), 20 N.J.R. 268(a). Added (b)6; renumbered (b)6.-7, as (b)7.-8. Amended by R. 1988 d. 417, effective September 6, 1988. See: 20 N.J.R. 699(b), 20 N.J.R. 2274(a). Substantially amended. Amended by R. 1990 d. 507, effective October 15, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 2208(a), 22 N.J.R. 3214(a). Text conformed to BOCA National Code/1990. Amended by R. 1991 d. 326, effective July 1, 1991. See: 23 N.J.R. 804(a), 23 N.J.R. 2044(a). Section E-502.1 deleted. Amended by R. 1991 d. 429, effective August 19, 1991. See: 23 N.J.R. 1487(a), 23 N.J.R. 2501(a). In (b)5, deleted old and added new i. Amended by R. 1993 d. 662, effective December 20, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 3891(a), 25 N.J.R. 5918(a). Amended by R. 1995 d. 143, effective March 20, 1995 (operative July 1, 1995). See: 26 N.J.R. 4872(a), 27 N.J.R. 1179(b). Amended by R. 1998 d. 332, effective July 6, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 1377(a), 30 N.J.R. 2421(b). Rewrote the section. Amended by R. 2001 d. 244, effective July 16, 2001 (operative January 16, 2002). See: 33 N.J.R. 1241(a), 33 N.J.R. 2471(a). Rewrote the section. Administrative change. See: 33 N.J.R. 3310(a). Administrative correction. See: 35 N.J.R. 2494(b). Amended by R. 2007 d. 65, effective February 20, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 3348(a), 39 N.J.R. 633(a). In (a)1, substituted "International Code Council, known as the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC/2006)" for "Council of American Building Officials. Inc.. known as the Model Energy Code/1995); in (a)1i. substituted "IECC/2006" for "CABO Model Energy Code/1995" and "International Code Council" for "BOCA International"; and rewrote (b). Amended by R. 2009 d. 48, effective February 2, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 5319(a), 41 N.J.R. 733(b). Added new (b)2i. recodified former (b)2i and (b)2ii as (b)2ii as (b)2iii; and added (b)6. Amended by R. 2010 d. 195, effective September 7, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 3140(a), 42 N.J.R. 2043(a). Rewrote the section.