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## FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CODES 

## 2003/2004 CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE

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> **CLOSING DATE: [All Proposals Must Be Received by March 24,
> 2003]{.underline}.**

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  Name:                                  Ronald Majette                                                      Date:   March 21,
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                                                        of Energy                                                    

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**5)** Indicate appropriate International Code(s) associated with this
Public Proposal -- [Please use Acronym]{.underline}:

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  **6)**   **Revision     ** x**           **Section**   ** 802**      ** **      **Table**      ** **               **Figure**   ** **
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**SECTION 802**

**BUILDING ENVELOPE REQUIREMENTS**

**802.1.2 Moisture control.** All framed walls, floors, and ceilings not
ventilated to allow moisture to escape shall be provided with an
approved vapor retarder having a maximum permeance rating of 1.0 perm
(5.72 × 10 -8 g/Pa s m 2 ), when tested in accordance with Procedure A
of ASTME 96, on the warm-in-winter side of the insulation.

**Exceptions:**

1\. Buildings located in Climate Zones 1 through ~~7~~ [5]{.underline}
as indicated in Table 302.1.

**802.3.5 Vestibules.** A door that separates conditioned space from the
exterior shall be protected with an enclosed vestibule, with all doors
opening into and out of the vestibule equipped with self-closing
devices. Vestibules shall be designed so that in passing through the
vestibule it is not necessary for the interior and exterior doors to
open at the same time.

> **Exceptions:**
>
> 1\. Buildings in Climate Zones 1~~a through 4b~~ [and 2]{.underline}
> as indicated in [Figure 301.1 and]{.underline} Table
> 30~~2~~[1]{.underline}.1.

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Delete the following tables:

TABLE 802.2(5) TABLE 802.2(7) TABLE 802.2(8)

TABLE 802.2(9) TABLE 802.2(10) TABLE 802.2(12)

TABLE 802.2(14) TABLE 802.2(15) TABLE 802.2(18)

TABLE 802.2(19) TABLE 802.2(20) TABLE 802.2(21)

TABLE 802.2(23) TABLE 802.2(26) TABLE 802.2(27)

TABLE 802.2(28) TABLE 802.2(29) TABLE 802.2(31)

TABLE 802.2(32) TABLE 802.2(34) TABLE 802.2(37)

Renumber and relabel the following tables as shown:

Table 802.2(~~6~~[5]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE 1~~b~~[A and 1B]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~13~~[6]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~4b~~[2A]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~11~~[7]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~3c~~[2B]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~17~~[8]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONES ~~6b~~[3A and
3B]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~16~~[9]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~6a~~[3C]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~24~~[10]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~10b~~[4A]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~22~~[11]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~9b~~[4B]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~25~~[12]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~11a~~[4C]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~30~~[13]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~13b~~[5A, 5B, and
5C]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~33~~[14]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~15~~[6A and
6B]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~35~~[15]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~17~~[7]{.underline}

Table 802.2(~~36~~[16]{.underline})\--continued BUILDING ENVELOPE
REQUIREMENTS^a\ through\ e^ -- CLIMATE ZONE ~~18~~[8]{.underline}

Modify footnote a. for Tables 802.2(5) through 802.2(16) *\[as numbered
after renumbering\]* as follows:

a\. Values from Tables 802.2(5) through 802.2(~~37~~[16]{.underline})
shall be used for the purpose of the completion of Tables 802.2(1)
through 802.2(4), as applicable based on window and glazed door area.

**8) SUPPORTING INFORMATION (State purpose and reason, and provide
substantiation to support proposed change):**

The purpose of this code change proposal is to enable Section 802 to
work with an updated set of climate zones contained in a separate DOE
proposal for Chapters 1 through 6. This proposal does not significantly
change requirements in the code but rather makes it more concise by
eliminating 42 pages of tables in Chapter 8. To accomplish this 60%
reduction in the number of tables, larger geographic areas have been
assigned to the remaining tables. These assignments were made by
selecting the most appropriate existing requirement table to use with
each of the proposed climate zones. "Most appropriate" here usually
means the one most commonly used with the current maps, but occasionally
the one with lowest net impact on stringency was selected. Inevitably,
some locations will see minor increases in stringency, while others will
see minor decreases. The resulting mapping is as shown in the
redline/strikeout text associated with relabeling and renumbering the
tables. Thus, for example, new zones 1A and 1B are mapped to the
requirements of old zone 1b and new zones 5A, 5B, and 5C are mapped to
the requirements of old zone 13b. Note that the "A", "B", and "C" zone
designators now represent a more straightforward "humid", "dry", and
"marine" climate rather than the obscure "a", "b", and "c" zone
designators used in the existing code. (Definitions for the "a", "b",
and "c" designators may be found in the COMcheck-EZ Technical Support
Document available from DOE at
[www.energycodes.gov](http://www.energycodes.gov/). )

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