US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle for the Eastern District of Texas ruled last week to stop HUD and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and the 2019 ASHRAE 90.1 standard on certain single-family and multifamily housing programs.
The court held that under the Cranston-Gonzalez Act the agencies may only adopt one amendment to the 2006 IECC, which they did in 2015 by adopting the 2009 IECC.
The case was brought by the National Association of Home Builders and attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, and West Virginia.
