SOUTH DAKOTA
CURRENT CODE
Residential:
No code on record
Commercial:
No code on record
DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 804,194
Total Housing Units:
290,245
ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
Residential Sector:
62.3 Trillion BTU
Commercial Sector:
55.9 Trillion BTU
48% of the natural gas sup-
ply in South Dakota is con-
sumed to heat residential
homes.
Residential use of natural
gas costs $14.75/thousand
cubic ft.
South Dakota’s electricity is the benefits of an efficient building sector.
generated primarily by hy-
droelectric sources and coal CODE ADOPTION AND CHANGE PROCESS:
fired power plants.
CODE CHANGE CYCLE
N/A
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South Dakota will receive $23.7 Million from the federal
government if the state adopts the latest energy codes:
 IECC 2009 (International Energy Conservation
Code)
 ASHRAE 90.1 2007 (American Society of Heating
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers)
Accumulated residential sector savings, 2009 to 2030,
would be:
 3.6 trillion Btu of energy
 232 thousand metric tons of CO2 (Equivalent to the
annual emissions of 42,491 passenger vehicles)
 $27 million.
 $27 million could pay more than the full un-
dergraduate tuition for current students at
private universities in South Dakota
FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES:
In February 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $3.1
billion for U.S. Department of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP) to assist
states with building energy efficiency efforts. As one of the requirements to re-
ceive SEP grants, state governors must certify to DOE that their state will imple-
ment energy codes of equal or greater stringency than the latest national model
codes (currently IECC 2009 and Standard 90.1-2007). Thus, it is in the state’s
best economic interests to adopt these standards statewide and begin enjoying
Legislative Process: Promulgation of a statewide energy code would have to pro-
ceed through the state legislature.
For more information please consult the Building Codes Assistance Project (www.bcap-energy.org)
or Nick Zigelbaum (nzigelbaum@nrdc.org)
BCAP