District of Columbia B768: Net Zero Continuity Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

What the bill says

To amend, on atemporary basis, theGreen Building Act of2006 to exempt certain District-owned and -funded residential and nonresidential projects from complying with net-zero-energy standards and to modify net-zero-energy standard compliance requirements fornonresidential and residential projects; to amend section 2ofthe Clean Energy DC Building Code AmendmentAct of2022 to modifythedefinition ofthenet-zero-energy standard and thetypesofprojects to which thenet-zeroenergy standardapplies; and forother purposes. maybe cited as the"Net Zero Continuity Temporary Amendment Act of2026". See. 2, The G.

From the enrolled text, October 16, 2026:

To amend, on atemporary basis, theGreen Building Act of2006 to exempt certain District-owned and -funded residential and nonresidential projects from complying with net-zero-energy standards and to modify net-zero-energy standard compliance requirements fornonresidential and residential projects; to amend section 2ofthe Clean Energy DC Building Code AmendmentAct of2022 to modifythedefinition ofthenet-zero-energy standard and thetypesofprojects to which thenet-zeroenergy standardapplies; and forother purposes. maybe cited as the"Net Zero Continuity Temporary Amendment Act of2026". See. 2, The Green Building Act of2006, efffectiveMarch 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01 efseq.), isamended as follows: (a) Section2 (D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.01) is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as follows: "(1) "Addition" shall have themeaning ascribed to it in the Building Codes.". (2) The existing paragraph(2) is redesignated as paragraph(2B). @) AnewParagraph (A)is added toread as follows: bathing that containswaterover24inchesdeep and includes the pool, decks, and surrounding structure, locker rooms, electrical and mechanical rooms, and IT controls that support thepool.". (4) Anew paragraph (3A) is addedto read as follows: "@A) "Building Codes" means theportionsofthe Construction Codes designated as theBuilding Code, the Energy ConservationCode, and the Existing Building Code.". (5) Paragraphs (6) and (7) are amended to read as follows: "(6) "Construction Codes" shall have the samemeaningas in section 2(2)ofthe Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act of1986, effectiveMarch 21, 1987 …