Santa Fe, New Mexico, has followed the City of Boulder and Boulder County by adopting a performance-based residential building code.  The performance-based energy code requires that residential new construction demonstrate heightened energy performance by achieving a specified HERS Index Score.  Under the code, the required HERS Index Score is tied to the square footage of the home.  Santa Fe will begin implementation of its new code starting July 1, 2009.

Learn more about Santa Fe’s new green building code by visiting the City of Santa Fe’s website.

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Tags: High-Performance Home, Performance-based Codes

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