[Massplanners] Specialized Stretch Code

[Carolyn Britt]

All,

Ipswich has been involved with a group called the Building 
Electrification Accelerator.  This is a strong group of cities/towns and 
citizens working to allow MA communities to prevent the use of fossil 
fuels in new construction in the longer term. This includes the 10 
communities headed up by Brookline that have been seeking to prevent the 
installation of fossil fuels in new construction.

More immediately, people involved with this group are *preparing useful 
information for communities seeking to adopt the Specialized Stretch 
Code*. For those of you not familiar with this, it is an enhanced 
stretch building code that was just made available by the state in late 
December for adoption. *The base stretch code,* that most of us have 
already adopted (299 of the 351 communities in MA), has also just 
changed to require more energy efficient building standards, but it*does 
not go nearly far enough*. The *Specialized Code has more direct 
benefits for fully electric buildings, and requires EV charging wiring 
and rooftop solar if feasible.*

On the good news front, both*Brookline and Watertown passed the 
Specialized Stretch Code at meetings last night!
*

I am inquiring about *which**cities and towns in MA are considering 
adopting the Specialized Stretch Code within the next year.*

*If your community is considering adopting the Specialized Stretch Code 
in the next year, and you  would like to get involved with the 
information and support provided by the group, please provide me with 
the following information:*

*    Contact person and email address*

     The*date of the city council or town meeting* you are targeting to 
introduce the Specialized Code

     The *name of the sponsoring group*, if any, within the community 
supporting the article to council or town meeting

Thank you for your interest.


Carolyn Britt, AICP

Ipswich Planning Board and Ipswich Climate Resiliency Committee

1 Shagbark Woods, Ipswich, MA 01938

978-356-9881
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