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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, FONTANA, GORDNER, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY AND ROBBINS, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), entitled |
2 | "An act establishing a uniform construction code; imposing |
3 | powers and duties on municipalities and the Department of |
4 | Labor and Industry; providing for enforcement; imposing |
5 | penalties; and making repeals," adding provisions relating to |
6 | residential buildings with log walls. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 901 of the act of November 10, 1999 |
10 | (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code |
11 | Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
12 | Section 901. Exemptions. |
13 | * * * |
14 | (f) Log walls.--Log walls with a minimum average wall |
15 | thickness of five inches or greater which comply with the |
16 | International Code Council Standard on the Design and |
17 | Construction of Log Structures, ICC 400-2007, or other successor |
18 | standard which the department may specify by regulation, shall |
19 | be permitted in residential buildings if: |
20 | (1) the area weighted average U-factor for fenestration |
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1 | products in the log walls is a maximum of 0.31; and |
2 | (2) (i) the building heating equipment meets or exceeds |
3 | the following Department of Energy ratings: |
4 | (A) Gas furnace - 90 annual fuel utilization |
5 | efficiency (AFUE). |
6 | (B) Oil furnace - 85 annual fuel utilization |
7 | efficiency (AFUE). |
8 | (C) Boilers - 85 annual fuel utilization |
9 | efficiency (AFUE). |
10 | (D) Air source heat pumps - 8.2 heating seasonal |
11 | performance factor (HSPF) split systems. |
12 | (E) For water-to-air geothermal heat pumps: |
13 | (I) Closed loop water-to-air, an energy |
14 | efficiency rating of 14.1 and coefficient of |
15 | performance of 3.3. |
16 | (II) Open loop water-to-air, an energy |
17 | efficiency rating of 16.2 and coefficient of |
18 | performance of 3.6. |
19 | (F) For water-to-water geothermal heat pumps: |
20 | (I) Closed loop water-to-water, an energy |
21 | efficiency rating of 15.1 and coefficient of |
22 | performance of 3.0. |
23 | (II) Open loop water-to-water, an energy |
24 | efficiency rating of 19.1 and coefficient of |
25 | performance of 3.4. |
26 | (G) For direct geothermal exchange, an energy |
27 | efficiency rating of 15.0 and coefficient of |
28 | performance of 3.5; |
29 | or |
30 | (ii) the building heating equipment is qualified |
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1 | under the Energy Star program jointly operated by the |
2 | Department of Energy and the United States Environmental |
3 | Protection Agency as provided for in 10 CFR Pt. 430 |
4 | (relating to energy conservation program for consumer |
5 | products); and |
6 | (iii) all energy efficiency requirements of this act |
7 | applicable to components other than log walls are met. |
8 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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