North Carolina DOE Status of State Energy Codes
Residential |
Commercial |
Statewide Residential Code:
![]() State Specific Code |
Statewide Commercial Code:
![]() State Specific Code |
State Amendments:
![]() Yes |
State Amendments:
![]() Yes |
State Certification:
![]() None |
State Certification:
![]() None |
Adoption by Local County/Jursidiction:
![]() Mandatory |
Adoption by Local County/Jursidiction:
![]() Mandatory |
Can use REScheck to show compliance:
![]() Yes |
Can use COMcheck to show compliance:
![]() Yes |
Notes on the State's Residential Code:
![]() State-developed code, modeled on the 2003 IECC with amendments & Chapter 11 of 2003 IRC with amendments. |
Notes on the State's Commercial Code:
![]() State-developed code, modeled on the 2006 IECC with amendments including ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2004. |
Approximate Stringency:
![]() As stringent as the 2003 IECC |
Approximate Stringency:
![]() As stringent as the ASHRAE 04 |
Current Status Comments:
![]() The NC Building Code Council has adopted the 2006 IECC with NC amendments. The amendments include adoption of ASHRAE 90.1-2004. Chapter 11 of the 2006 IRC has also been adopted and includes NC amendments.
The 2009 NC State Building Codes, with a six month interim, became effective January 1, 2009 and mandatory July 1, 2009. |
State Website(s):
North Carolina Department of Insurance: http://www.ncdoi.com
North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshall http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance: http://www.seealliance.org.
Primary Technical Contact:
Billy Hinton, Jr., PE
Mechanical and Energy Code Consultant
North Carolina Department of Insurance
Engineering Division
322 Chapanoke Rd
Raleigh, NC 27603
PH: (919) 661-5880 x 239
FX: (919) 662-4414
Email: bhinton@ncdoi.net
State Agency/Office Head:
Chris Noles, PE, Deputy Commissioner
North Carolina Department of Insurance
PH: (919) 661-5880 x223
Email: cnoles@ncdoi.net
Other Contact(s):
Henry Webster, Chief Plumbing Engineer
North Carolina Department of Insurance
PH: (919) 661-5880 x238
Email: hwebster@ncdoi.net
Barry Gupton, PE, Chief Code Consultant
North Carolina Department of Insurance
PH: (919) 661-5880 x232
Email: bgupton@ncdoi.net
Starlette Brown
Energy Division
North Carolina Deparment of Administration
1830A Tillery Place
Raleigh, NC 27604
PH: (919) 733-1897
E-Mail: sbrown@ncmail.net
Russell Duncan
NC Department of Administration
PH: (919) 733-1901
EMAIL: russell.duncan@ncmail.com
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