{"id":707,"date":"2012-07-26T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2012-07-26T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T16:44:35","slug":"ninth-circuit-upholds-state-building-code-provision-under-epca-preemption-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/ninth-circuit-upholds-state-building-code-provision-under-epca-preemption-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninth Circuit Upholds State Building Code Provision under EPCA Preemption Exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter &#8211; July 13, 2012<\/p>\n<p>The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld energy-efficiency provisions in Washington state\u2019s building code under a preemption-exemption provision in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). Bldg. Indus. Ass\u2019n of Wash. v. Wash. State Bldg. Code Council, No. 11-35207 (9th Cir. 6\/25\/12). The panel\u2019s unanimous decision affirms a district court ruling that \u201cWashington had satisfied EPCA\u2019s conditions, and therefore was not preempted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state building code gives builders several options for meeting state energy standards, including whether to use higher-efficiency covered fixtures or cut energy use in other ways. Several builders\u2019 groups challenged the state code, arguing that it expressly required efficiency levels that exceeded federal standards and that it favored certain options over others in assigning efficiency credits. They also argued that the state\u2019s method of gauging efficiency and awarding credits was \u201cinconsistent\u201d and \u201cflawed.\u201d The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council joined the state building code council in defending the efficiency standards.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court held that defendants had demonstrated that the building code was based on a widely recognized industry standard and that perfect uniformity was not possible. The court found that negligible differences in the efficiency of one project over another that receives the same credit are not inconsistent enough with federal energy law to justify federal preemption.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=22df26b9-6f59-4d06-bf92-9e8f43de3b44&amp;utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&amp;utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+Other+states+section&amp;utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&amp;utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2012-07-20&amp;utm_term=\">Ninth Circuit upholds state building code provision under EPCA preemption exemption &#8211; Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter &#8211; July 13, 2012 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld energy-efficiency provisions in Washington state\u2019s building code under a preemption-exemption provision in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). Bldg. Indus. Ass\u2019n of Wash. v. Wash. State Bldg. Code Council, No. 11-35207 (9th Cir. 6\/25\/12). The panel\u2019s unanimous&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/ninth-circuit-upholds-state-building-code-provision-under-epca-preemption-exemption\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ninth Circuit Upholds State Building Code Provision under EPCA Preemption Exemption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[63,14],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-codes","category-construction-2","tag-building-codes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ninth Circuit Upholds State Building Code Provision under EPCA Preemption Exemption - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/ninth-circuit-upholds-state-building-code-provision-under-epca-preemption-exemption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ninth Circuit Upholds State Building Code Provision under EPCA Preemption Exemption - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Erickson and Mark Anstoetter &#8211; July 13, 2012 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld energy-efficiency provisions in Washington state\u2019s building code under a preemption-exemption provision in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). 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