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Bill seeks code exemptions for aquaculture sites BUCKSPORT — A bill filed last month on behalf of Governor Janet Mills would exempt land-based aquaculture facilities from certain state building and energy codes, as is afforded to buildings that house livestock or harvested crops. The bill, LD 1473, was filed on April 14, and aims to bring the land-based aquaculture industry, including Whole Oceans, a land-based Atlantic salmon farm that is currently in the design stages, in line with the agricultural regulations. The company is revamping the former Verso paper mill site in Bucksport and pla...

Storage rooms are given a higher permissible lighting power allowance than dorms, according to the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement. Table AA1 provides a list of 58 "lighting power allowances" for everything from atriums to banking areas to post office sorting areas. "Class I sports arenas" will by far have the best lighting, at 1.84 LPAs.  Notwithstanding that Ithaca is one of the least sunny places to live in the United States, why we need to granularly assess lighting power allowance and how code enforcers will enforce it remains unclear. 68 pages of bureaucratic legalese regulates everyth...

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Read Article REGION – Efficiency Maine today announced that it is partnering with the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal to offer a free, one-hour webinar this month to introduce the energy provisions of Maine’s new building codes, which take effect on July 1, 2021, and will apply to all new building construction in Maine. The webinars will review the newly adopted 2015 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and explain how it differs from the 2009 IECC, which was previously in effect. “These updated building energy codes have been a long time coming,” said Mich...

Making announcement, Vimy MP Koutrakis emphasizes the value of having a home “Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home,” the federal government said in a statement last week, as Vimy MP Annie Koutrakis and Minister of Families Ahmed Hussen were announcing that Ottawa is providing more than $66 million in loans for the creation of 193 new rental housing units in Laval. Close to the mall Hussen, who is responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), said during the webcast announcement that the new housing units, to be located at 3410 Le Carrefour Blvd....