UPDATE: October 20, 2020: NCBPA staff, members and partners continue to email and call North Carolina Building Code Council members to express their opposition and concern to the two NCHBA proposals referred to below. Review the latest information here and…
**** Update October 20, 2020 **** NCBPA attended the virtual 2021 QAP Public Hearing on September 16th with Founder & Executive Director Ryan Miller offering public comments in support of the agency’s decision to increase the minimum energy efficiency standards…
Over the past decade, North Carolina has been a national leader in solar energy deployment. Mostof the solar energy capacity built in North Carolina has come from utility-scale facilities constructedand financed by private solar companies, which have created thousands of…
Support the Expansion of Duke Energy’s Residential New Construction Incentive Program to the Carolinas Territory! UPDATE for October 6, 2020 NCBPA has requested feedback from our builders and HERS Raters on the latest RNC program filings with the North Carolina…
September 24, 2020 New and expanded policies to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in North Carolina over the next two decades could restore jobs while saving $5.9 billion in electricity costs—equivalent to $565 for each state resident—according…
A large single-family estate of 6,250 heated square feet & 13,500 SF under roof, located in Belfair Community, Bluffton, SC 29910. Watch the drone video here! John Pittman III, AIA, Architects switched over to total membrane exterior barriers as of…
*** UPDATED *** Click on the file below to read NCBPA’s public comments submitted on August 5th. Follow suit and submit your own comments in support of the 37 Energy Efficiency Recommendations! 2020 Energy Policy Council Report recommendations by Committee:…
*** UPDATE on September 1, 2020: NCBPA staff attended the quarterly code meetings yesterday and today. Today, NCBPA’s Ryan Miller delivered a strong opposition statement to item C-23, which was presented by the NC Home Builders Association. This proposal seeks…
All industry professionals are encouraged to contact their state legislators encouraging them to include support for our industry in recovery policies being developed over the next 5 weeks. For every $1 invested in North Carolina’s building performance workforce, $5.15 is…
All industry professionals are encouraged to contact their state Senator encouraging them to support progress on HB330, the “Efficient Government Buildings & Savings Act” that passed the House 111-2 last April but has not been heard in the Senate yet…