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Rule Details
Rule Number:
25P048
Title:
Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards(CBES) Amendments.
Type:
Standard
Status:
Adopted
Agency:
Department of Public Service
Legal Authority:
30 V.S.A. § 53
Summary:
The Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards (CBES) regulate the design of building envelopes for adequate thermal resistance and low air leakage and the design and selection of mechanical, ventilation, electrical, service water- heating and illumination systems and equipment in commercial building construction. This is an update to the CBES to allow the 2020 Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards as an option for the purposes of complying with Vermont’s commercial building energy code. This update allows adherence to the requirements in either the 2020 CBES or 2024 CBES for compliance purposes with no substantive changes to the 2020 CBES or 2024 CBES as originally adopted.
Persons Affected:
The Department of Public Safety (DPS), State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)/Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD), Agency of Human
Services(AHS) Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), Act 250 Commissions, commercial builders, owners and operators, landlords, tenants, commercial building designers, architects, mechanical designers, lighting designers and municipalities.
Economic Impact:
This rule update will allow for greater regulatory flexibility to reduce the cost to construct commercial buildings, including multi-family housing. Adoption of the rule will result in an additional compliance option which, as compared to 2024 CBES currently in effect, will provide an incremental upfront cost decrease for the parties involved in new commercial construction, purchase, ownership, operation, and existing commercial renovation. The addition of this option will allow a choice between two discrete sets of standards for compliance, and ultimately, will provide the choice of affordability: 2020 CBES provides lower upfront costs, whereas 2024 CBES requires a higher upfront cost with the benefit of incrementally higher energy efficiency.
Posting date:
Dec 31,2025
Hearing Information
Information for Hearing # 1
Hearing date:
Location:
Department of Public Service, Giga Conference Room, Third Floor
Address:
112 State Street
City:
Montpelier
State:
VT
Zip:
05620
Hearing Notes:
Also virtually via MS. Teams at: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/193ameeting_NmU0YjcxMmQtNzFjZi00Y2E0LWEyYWYtYjQ1M2E4OWY4MzMz40thread.v2/0?context7b22Tid223a2220b4933b-baad-433c-9c02-70edcc7559c6222c22Oid223a229dd0227c-440d-4019-8995-aa1ce25130e9227d
Virtually via MS. Teams at: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/193ameeting_NmU0YjcxMmQtNzFjZi00Y2E0LWEyYWYtYjQ1M2E4OWY4MzMz40thread.v2/0?context7b22Tid223a2220b4933b-baad-433c-9c02-70edcc7559c6222c22Oid223a229dd0227c-440d-4019-8995-aa1ce25130e9227d
