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NEWSLETTER CORRECTION:   Degree Days

March                            Heat      Cool
Degree Days, 2007     666           1
Degree Days, 2006     824           0
Degree Days, Normal 788           2
% of Normal                 84.5%     50%

April                                Heat      Cool
Degree Days, 2007      529           0
Degree Days, 2006      330           0
Degree Days, Normal  451           7
% of Normal                 117.3%    na%

 

Codes & Standards

International Codes Policy Position: BOMA International supports the adoption and implementation of the International Codes, the only set of coordinated and integrated set of model codes building codes for the built environment, as a means of achieving more consistent and more reasonable regulation of the commercial real estate industry.

NFPA Code 5000 Policy Position: BOMA International strongly opposes the adoption of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Building Code (NFPA 5000) by federal, state and local jurisdictions. Although BOMA International participated on the NFPA Building Code Committees, BOMA does not endorse either the NFPA process or the NFPA 5000.

August, 2002