DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES

                         DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

                         CONSTRUCTION CODE

(By authority conferred on the director of the  department  of  consumer  and 
industry services by section 4 of 1972 P.A. 230, MCL 125.1504, and  Executive 
Reorganization Order No. 1996-2, MCL 445.2001)


                 PART 10a. MICHIGAN UNIFORM ENERGY CODE



R 408.31087   Part  10a  Michigan  uniform  energy  code  for  buildings  and 
structures, not including residential buildings; adoption by reference. 
  Rule 1087.  Rules governing  the  energy  efficiency  for  the  design  and 
construction  of  buildings  and  structures,   not   including   residential 
buildings, shall be  those  contained  in  the  ASHRAE  energy  standard  for 
buildings except low-rise residential buildings,  ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA  standard 
90.1-1999, including appendicies A, B, C, and D.  With the exceptions  noted, 
the standard is adopted  in  these  rules  by  reference.   The  standard  is 
available for inspection at the Okemos office of the Michigan  Department  of 
Consumer and Industry Services, Bureau of Construction Codes.   The  standard 
may be purchased from the American  Society  of  Heating,  Refrigeration  and 
Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1791 Tullie Circle,  NE,  Atlanta,  Georgia 
30329, or from the Michigan Department of  Consumer  and  Industry  Services, 
Bureau of Construction Codes, 2501 Woodlake Circle, Okemos,  Michigan  48864, 
at a cost as of the time of adoption of these rules of $102.00 each.

  History: 2003 AACS.


R 408.31088    Definitions.
  Rule 1088.  Section 3.2 of the standard is amended to read as follows:
  3.2  Building official.   "Building  Official"  means  the  person  who  is 
appointed and  employed  by  a  governmental  subdivision  charged  with  the 
administration and enforcement  of  the  state  code  or  codes  and  who  is 
registered in accordance with the requirements of 1986 PA 54, MCL 338.2301 et 
seq.
  Residential.  "Residential" means spaces in buildings  used  primarily  for 
living and sleeping. Residential spaces include,  but  are  not  limited  to, 
dwelling units, hotel/motel guest rooms, lodging houses,  fraternity/sorority 
houses, and hostels.

  History: 2003 AACS.


R 408.31089  Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning alternations.
  Rule 1089.  Section 4.1.2.2.2 of the standard is amended to read as follows:
  4.1.2.2.2  New HVAC equipment as a  direct  replacement  of  existing  HVAC 
equipment shall comply with  the  specific  minimum  efficiency  requirements 
applicable to that equipment including, but not limited to, air  conditioners 
and condensing units, heat pumps, water chilling packages, packaged  terminal 
and room air conditioners and  heat  pumps,  furnaces,  duct  furnaces,  unit 
heaters, boilers, and cooling towers.  Any new control devices  as  a  direct 
replacement of existing  control  devices  shall  comply  with  the  specific 
requirements of sections 6.2.3. to 6.2.3.9.
  Exceptions:
  (a) For equipment that is being  modified  or  repaired  but  not  replaced 
provided that such modifications will not result in  an  increase  in  energy 
usage.
  (b) Where a replacement  or  alteration  of  equipment  requires  extensive 
revisions to other systems, equipment, or elements of  a  building  and  such 
replaced or altered equipment is a like-for-like replacement.
  (c) For a refrigerant change of existing equipment.
  (d) For the relocation of existing equipment.

  History: 2003 AACS.


R 408.31090  Administrative requirements.
  Rule 1090.  Section 4.2 of the standard is amended to read as follows:
  4.2   Administrative  requirements  relating   to   permits,   enforcement, 
interpretations, and appeals shall be in accordance with  1972  PA  230,  MCL 
125.1504 et seq.  

  History: 2003 AACS.


R 408.31099 Rescission.
  Rule 1099.  R 408.31001 to R 408.31055 of the Michigan Administrative Code, 
appearing on pages 4149 to 4152 of the 1979 Michigan Administrative Code  and 
pages 602 and 603 of the 1981 Annual Supplement to the Code, are rescinded.

  History:  1998-2000 AACS.