Building Codes Assistance Project

The agreed upon Senate Bill 327, would have established energy efficiency standards for state buildings and equipment. The bill would have required, new, and to the extent possible renovated, state buildings to be designed to exceed by 10 percent specified national energy efficiency standards as prescribed in rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of Administration. However, it would have allowed two new coal-fired power plants to be constructed. Therefore, on March 21, 2008, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius vetoed the energy bill.

Senate Bill 148 would require that all new construction and, to the extent possible, renovated state- owned buildings, be designed and constructed to achieve energy consumption levels that are at least 10% below the levels established under the ASHRAE standard or the IECC. As of March 28, 2008, this bill was being considered in the Appropriations Committee.

On December 21, 2007, the Kansas Energy Council (KEC) delivered its 2008 Energy Plan recommendations and delivered it to the Governor, Legislature, and Kansas Corporation Commission.   It recommended that the KCC’s Energy Programs Division develop a program to promote adoption of model energy efficiency codes by local units of government.

For more information, consult the Kansas 2008 Energy Plan (PDF).