ICLEI is offering travel scholarships to local governments interested in attending the ICC Hearing to support the 30% Solution. Submit your scholarship application (see below) as soon as possible!

ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability is partnering with the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition to support the 30% Solution—a proposed update to the International Energy Conservation Code that will make the nearly one million new homes built in the United States each year 30% more energy efficient than those built to the existing energy standard. With electricity and natural gas consumption in residential homes being a major contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions of most communities, the 30% Solution will ensure that new homes become part of the climate change solution. The strategies employed in the 30% Solution—including insulation, thermal envelope, and fenestration improvements—will make homes more affordable and more comfortable, and can become the building blocks for initiatives that look to improve the energy performance of existing homes.

Please visit the ICLEI website’s 30% Solution page to learn more about how this important effort supports local climate protection work.

The final vote on the 30% Solution will take place at the International Code Council (ICC) final action hearing in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 21-22. Through support from the Energy Foundation, ICLEI is thrilled to offer travel scholarships to those local government representatives that are interested in representing their jurisdiction at the ICC Hearing.

Please complete and return this brief application if you would like to be considered for a travel scholarship. Travel scholarships will be awarded based on need and other criteria, and are available on a first come, first serve basis. Applications may be returned via email to Mark Ruzzin at mark.ruzzin@iclei.org, or via fax to (617) 850-9047.

ICLEI 30% SOLUTION TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Please cut and paste the text below into an e-mail or Word document, fill in the questions, and send to Mark Ruzzin.

Date:
Jurisdiction:
Is this Jurisdiction a member of ICLEI?:
Representative’s Name:
Title:
Email address:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Mailing address:


Please answer the following questions:
1. Please describe your financial need (assistance with air travel, accommodations, conference registration fees, ICC membership dues, etc.) and the level of financial assistance for which you are applying. How many representatives is your jurisdiction planning to send? Will this travel scholarship be matched at any level with jurisdictional funds or support?

2. What do you hope your jurisdiction will gain by attending and participating in the ICC final action hearing?

3. Are you interested in connecting and working with ICLEI member jurisdictions on building energy code and green building issues? If so, what type of forum would best meet your needs?

PLEASE NOTE: Your community must be a member of the International Code Council in order to be eligible to vote. (If you are not a member, you have until September 5 to join.) PLEASE ALSO NOTE that representatives from ICC jurisdiction members must be involved with the development and implementation of building and energy codes in order to be eligible to vote. Chief building officials, code inspectors, planning department or public works department officials are most likely to fit this bill.

Please contact Mark Ruzzin with questions at 720-865-5356 or mark.ruzzin@iclei.org.

Thank you for your interest!