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[Utah Code Table of Contents]
[TITLE 63. Table of Contents]
[CHAPTER 9. Table of Contents]
63-9-45 Legislative findings and declaration.
The Legislature finds and declares that the state must
take appropriate measures to conserve valuable energy resources,
make more efficient use of energy and control costs.
1976
63-9-46 Adoption of energy conservation code by State Building Board.
The State Building Board shall compile, adopt and maintain,
as circumstances require, a building code dealing specifically
with energy. The code shall anticipate as much as is possible,
impending energy shortages, uncertainties, and rising costs,
and shall foster, in the construction and use of buildings,
energy systems that will provide satisfactory effects with
less energy, with alternative energy sources, and with reasonable
construction, operating and maintenance costs.
1976
63-9-47 Considerations by board in adoption of code.
The board shall give due consideration to energy provisions
from other codes, including the 90-75 standard of the American
Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers,
and similar standards and consensus codes, and may, of their
own initiative, adopt such provisions or may draft and adopt
such other provisions as seem technically sound and in the
best interests of the state.
1976
63-9-48 Application of code.
The Energy Conservation Code shall be applied to the design,
construction, and modification of any buildings requiring
a building permit from any political subdivision, and all
buildings approved by the State Board of Education or the
State Building Board.
1977
63-9-49 Continuing studies by board on effectiveness of code - Advice to political subdivisions - Public information.
(1) The board shall conduct continuing studies to determine the effectiveness of the code in obviating or reducing energy needs, in assuring reliable, uninterrupted service and in reducing energy costs. Such studies shall include, but not be limited to: analysis of comparative trends in energy costs; relative costs of various energy systems; new conservation technology; and other similar factors projected through the design life cycle of any building selected for study or comparison. The effectiveness and suitability of any energy conservation code provision shall be judged on the basis of life cycle cost studies, rather than initial cost alone. The board, in conducting its studies, may cooperate with other agencies of the state or federal government, or with corporations or private individuals making similar studies.
(2) As specific objects of such studies, the board is directed to:
(a) Provide advice and guidance requested by political subdivisions on the design of energy efficient buildings and in enforcement of the code.
(b) Compile and publish energy conservation information
to inform the public of the cost benefits of energy conservation
and renewable resources and to provide guidance, upon request,
on maintenance, renovation, retrofitting and operation for
owners and users of existing buildings.
1977
63-9-50 Promulgation of code - Triennial repromulgation - Enforcement by State Board of Education - Adoption and enforcement by political subdivisions.
The Energy Conservation Code shall be promulgated before
June 30, 1977, and become effective on January 1, 1978, through
December 31, 1979. Beginning June 30, 1979, the code shall
be promulgated once every three years and become effective
the next January. The code, as adopted, shall be enforced
by the State Board of Education for those buildings under
their jurisdiction and all political subdivisions of the
state; provided, that any political subdivision acting through
its governing body in the month of December of the year in
which the code is repromulgated may reject the Energy Conservation
Code. If the code is rejected, the subdivision or State Board
of Education shall adopt its own energy conservation code
or a modified version of the repromulgated code.
1977
63-9-51 Availability of code to state's building industry.
The Energy Conservation Code, together with a supporting
rationale drawn from the board's studies or other sources,
shall be made available to the state's building industry,
with a recommendation that the industry comply with the code
voluntarily, in the public interest.
1976
63-9-52 Acceptance by board of grants of money and assistance.
The board may apply for and accept grants, gifts and donations
of money and technical or other assistance from federal or
other non-state sources, all of which may be applied to construction,
studies and other state projects related to the provisions
and intent of this act. Funds acquired pursuant to this act
shall not lapse.
1976
