The Metro Cohort Model Code based on the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code was adopted and put into effect on July 1, 2026
This strategy has been combined with Climate Action Recommendations Report strategy CARR BE.1: Building Codes: Improve Building Codes to include energy conservation measures and promote renewable energy.
Staff worked with a consultant to evaluate the cost and greenhouse gas emissions impacts from four scenarios:
The four scenarios were presented to City Council in August 2025, at which City Council directed staff to pursue code updates aligned with the Metro Regional Building Policy Cohort package. City Council for adopted the 2024 IECC with the Code Cohort amendment package in the first quarter of 2026.
Sustainability, LPC, and Building Services are working with a consultant to conduct a cost analysis of electrification and other code requirements supporting decarbonization in the 2024 IECC
