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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Energy Efficient Building Act is amended by
5 changing Section 55 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 3125/55)
7 Sec. 55. Illinois Stretch Energy Code.
8 (a) The Board, in consultation with the Agency, shall
9 create and adopt the Illinois Stretch Energy Code, to allow
10 municipalities and projects authorized or funded by the Board
11 to achieve more energy efficiency in buildings than the
12 Illinois Energy Conservation Code through a consistent pathway
13 across the State. The Illinois Stretch Energy Code shall be
14 available for adoption by any municipality and shall set
15 minimum energy efficiency requirements, taking the place of
16 the Illinois Energy Conservation Code within any municipality
17 that adopts the Illinois Stretch Energy Code.
18 (b) The Illinois Stretch Energy Code shall have separate
19 components for commercial and residential buildings, which may
20 be adopted by the municipality jointly or separately.
21 (c) The Illinois Stretch Energy Code shall apply to all
22 projects to which an energy conservation code is applicable
23 that are authorized or funded in any part by the Board after
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1 July 1, 2024.
2 (d) Development of the Illinois Stretch Energy Code shall
3 be completed and available for adoption by municipalities by
4 June 30, 2024.
5 (e) Consistent with the requirements under paragraph (2.5)
6 of subsection (g) of Section 8-103B of the Public Utilities
7 Act and under paragraph (2) of subsection (j) of Section 8-104
8 of the Public Utilities Act, municipalities may adopt the
9 Illinois Stretch Energy Code and may use utility programs to
10 support compliance with the Illinois Stretch Energy Code. The
11 amount of savings from such utility efforts that may be
12 counted toward achievement of their annual savings goals shall
13 be based on reasonable estimates of the increase in savings
14 resulting from the utility efforts, relative to reasonable
15 approximations of what would have occurred absent the utility
16 involvement.
17 (f) The Illinois Stretch Energy Code's residential
18 components shall:
19 (1) apply to residential buildings as defined under
20 Section 10;
21 (2) set performance targets using a site energy index
22 with reductions relative to the 2006 International Energy
23 Conservation Code; and
24 (3) include stretch energy codes with site energy
25 index standards and adoption dates as follows: by no later
26 than June 30, 2024, the Board shall create and adopt a
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1 stretch energy code with a site energy index no greater
2 than 0.50 of the 2006 International Energy Conservation
3 Code; by no later than December 31, 2026 December 31,
4 2025, the Board shall create and adopt a stretch energy
5 code with a site energy index no greater than 0.40 of the
6 2006 International Energy Conservation Code, unless the
7 Board identifies unanticipated burdens associated with the
8 stretch energy code adopted in 2023 or 2024, in which case
9 the Board may adopt a stretch energy code with a site
10 energy index no greater than 0.42 of the 2006
11 International Energy Conservation Code, provided that the
12 more relaxed standard has a site energy index that is at
13 least 0.05 more restrictive than the 2024 International
14 Energy Conservation Code; by no later than December 31,
15 2029 December 31, 2028, the Board shall create and adopt a
16 stretch energy code with a site energy index no greater
17 than 0.33 of the 2006 International Energy Conservation
18 Code, unless the Board identifies unanticipated burdens
19 associated with the stretch energy code adopted in 2025,
20 in which case the Board may adopt a stretch energy code
21 with a site energy index no greater than 0.35 of the 2006
22 International Energy Conservation Code, but only if that
23 more relaxed standard has a site energy index that is at
24 least 0.05 more restrictive than the 2027 International
25 Energy Conservation Code; and by no later than December
26 31, 2032 December 31, 2031, the Board shall create and
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1 adopt a stretch energy code with a site energy index no
2 greater than 0.25 of the 2006 International Energy
3 Conservation Code.
4 (g) The Illinois Stretch Energy Code's commercial
5 components shall:
6 (1) apply to commercial buildings as defined under
7 Section 10;
8 (2) set performance targets using a site energy index
9 with reductions relative to the 2006 International Energy
10 Conservation Code; and
11 (3) include stretch energy codes with site energy
12 index standards and adoption dates as follows: by no later
13 than June 30, 2024, the Board shall create and adopt a
14 stretch energy code with a site energy index no greater
15 than 0.60 of the 2006 International Energy Conservation
16 Code; by no later than December 31, 2026 December 31,
17 2025, the Board shall create and adopt a stretch energy
18 code with a site energy index no greater than 0.50 of the
19 2006 International Energy Conservation Code; by no later
20 than December 31, 2029 December 31, 2028, the Board shall
21 create and adopt a stretch energy code with a site energy
22 index no greater than 0.44 of the 2006 International
23 Energy Conservation Code; and by no later than December
24 31, 2032 December 31, 2031, the Board shall create and
25 adopt a stretch energy code with a site energy index no
26 greater than 0.39 of the 2006 International Energy
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1 Conservation Code.
2 (h) The process for the creation of the Illinois Stretch
3 Energy Code includes:
4 (1) within 60 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Capital
6 Development Board shall meet with the Illinois Energy Code
7 Advisory Council to advise and provide technical
8 assistance and recommendations to the Capital Development
9 Board for the Illinois Stretch Energy Code, which shall:
10 (A) advise the Capital Development Board on
11 creation of interim performance targets, code
12 requirements, and an implementation plan for the
13 Illinois Stretch Energy Code;
14 (B) recommend amendments to proposed rules issued
15 by the Capital Development Board;
16 (C) recommend complementary programs or policies;
17 (D) complete recommendations and development for
18 the Illinois Stretch Energy Code elements and
19 requirements by December 31, 2023;
20 (2) As part of its deliberations, the Illinois Energy
21 Code Advisory Council shall actively solicit input from
22 other energy code stakeholders and interested parties.
23 (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21; 103-4, eff. 5-31-23.)Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.