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1. Residential buildings. The portion of the rule designated
§4(A)(1) is amended to provide that subject to the adoption
procedures established in section 6 of the rule, the standards
applicable to residential construction are the IRC-2003 Chapter 11
or IECC-2003 energy standards and the ASHRAE 62.2-2003 ventilation
standards.

 
2. Commercial buildings. That portion of the rule designated
§4(A)(2) is amended to provide that the standards applicable to
commercial construction are the ASHRAE 90.1-2001, IBC-2003
Chapter 13 or IECC-2003 energy standards and the ASHRAE 62-2001
ventilation standards.

 
3. Industrial buildings. That portion of the rule designated
§4(A)(3) is amended to provide that subject to the adoption
procedures established in section 6 of the rule, the standards
applicable to the portions of industrial buildings that are
designed primarily for human occupancy other than manufacturing
or production are the ASHRAE 90.1-2001, IBC-2003 Chapter 13 or
IECC-2003 energy standards and the ASHRAE 62-2001 ventilation
standards.

 
4. Modular housing exemption. That portion of the rule
designated §4(A)(4) is replaced to provide that the Maine Model
Building Energy Code is not applicable to modular housing.

 
5. Owner-built home exemption. That portion of the rule
designated §4(B) is amended by adding a provision to specify that
the Maine Model Building Energy Code is not applicable to a
single-family residential building built by the owner for that
person's residence. The language must specify that this
exception does not include a single-family residential building
built by persons other than the owner pursuant to a contract with
the owner or under the supervision of a general contractor with
whom the owner has a contract.

 
6. Log homes. That portion of the rule designated §4(B) is
amended by adding a provision to specify that the Maine Model
Building Energy Code does not apply to log homes.

 
7. Cross-reference to existing standards. That portion of
the rule designated §5 is amended by adding at the end a
provision specifying that nothing in the rule affects the
application of the building standards established in the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 10, chapter 214.

 
8. Adoption of model code. That portion of the rule
designated §6 is replaced to provide that adoption of the Maine


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