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Originally Posted by ApS
Via Yahoo, new requirements for appliances:
"Appliance companies would need to invest approximately $2 billion over the next three years to update product designs and manufacturing lines to comply with the new standards, the Energy Department conceded.
The department estimated that in one of the more likely of five economic scenarios, the compliance costs could cause a 15 percent to 30 percent drop in the industry's value. But it also said that revenue could grow substantially".
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It's a problem everywhere. All the codes are changing a lot more than they have in the past.
Zone 6 NH is changing the exterior insulation requirements for new construction, with a State form for all the municipalities that do not have code enforcement officers.
And everyone is challenged by the Energystar 7.0 requirements later this year for windows and doors.