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December 2013
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What has BOMA International Done For Me Lately?

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BOMA International’s codes team successfully represented your interests during the final hearings Atlantic City that determined the content of the 2015 editions of eight of the International Code Council’s (ICC) sixteen codes. 

Victories were achieved in keeping the unnecessary and extremely costly mandates on new and existing buildings out of the codes in these areas:

Retro-commissioning for energy and mechanical systems in existing buildings every five years 

Solar-ready provisions, including dedicated roof space, for all buildings 

Increased insulation levels for wall, floor, roof and windows 

Whole building air barrier testing 

Auto shut-off controls on 50 percent of electrical receptacles 

Inspection of existing building energy code compliance triggered by any permit application 

Renewal of building certificates of occupancy every five years 

Retroactive sprinkler system installation for all business occupancies over three stories and all existing hotels and motels 

Mold inspection and remediation of all existing buildings 

Radon abatement system installation triggered by renovation permits

Also kept out of the codes: prohibitively costly firefighter air breathing replenishment systems and building energy/mechanical system commissioning.  

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