Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1082
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-01737-25                                           20251082__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to building inspections; amending s.
    3         553.908, F.S.; revising the Florida Building Code
    4         edition for energy conservation for a building’s or a
    5         dwelling unit’s maximum tested air leakage measure;
    6         revising an exception; making technical changes;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 553.908, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         553.908 Inspection.—Before construction or renovation is
   14  completed, the local enforcement agency shall inspect buildings
   15  for compliance with the standards of this part. Notwithstanding
   16  any other provision of the code or law, effective December 31,
   17  2025 July 1, 2016, section R402.4.1.2 of the Florida Building
   18  Code, 8th 5th Edition (2023) (2014) Energy Conservation, which
   19  became effective on December 31, 2023 June 30, 2015, shall
   20  increase the building’s or dwelling unit’s maximum tested air
   21  leakage measure from “not exceeding 5 air changes per hour” to
   22  “not exceeding 7 air changes per hour” in Climate Zones 1 and 2.
   23  The mandatory blower door testing for residential buildings or
   24  dwelling units as contained in section R402.4.1.2 of the Florida
   25  Building Code, 8th 5th Edition (2023) (2014) Energy
   26  Conservation, does shall not apply to buildings or dwelling
   27  units that are fully encapsulated with air-impermeable
   28  insulation take effect until July 1, 2017, and shall not apply
   29  to construction permitted before July 1, 2017. Additionally,
   30  section M401.2 of the Florida Building Code, 5th Edition (2014)
   31  Mechanical, and section R303.4 of the Florida Building Code, 5th
   32  Edition (2014) Residential, which became effective on June 30,
   33  2015, do shall not require mandatory mechanical ventilation
   34  unless the air infiltration rate in a dwelling is less than 3
   35  air changes per hour when tested with a blower door at a
   36  pressure of 0.2-inch water column (50 Pascals) in accordance
   37  with section R402.4.1.2 of the Florida Building Code, 5th
   38  Edition (2014) Energy Conservation.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.