Sherman, TX Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

The City Council of Sherman, Texas adopted the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code as item (7) of § 3.02.001(a), alongside the other International codes that make up the city's minimum building standard codes. Article 3.03 then lists the local changes. For energy, § 3.03.007 prints two. The first ties Table R406.5, the Maximum Energy Rating Index, to the Texas Building Energy Performance Standards as set forth in Texas Health and Safety Code section 388.003, and it follows that section as the state amends it. The second applies to Section C402 and R402 of the energy code: all residential and non-residential buildings must meet every thermal envelope requirement, and the envelope must be inspected and tested by a third-party inspector.

That second amendment is the distinctive local rule, because it makes independent testing a condition for every building instead of leaving it to the city's own inspection. Both amendments came in through Ordinance 6691 adopted 2/5/2024. A building owner or contractor in the City of Sherman should plan for the third-party test as its own step and budget line before the project reaches final approval. When two provisions of the building chapter conflict, § 3.02.001(b) says the more restrictive provision controls, and a copy of the adopted codes is kept on file in the office of the building official.

Fire protection amendments are not in this article: § 3.03.008 sends them to article 3.04, the fire prevention code. Plumbing, mechanical and fuel gas amendments sit in their own sections of article 3.03.