Residential green building bill passes House

HB 3987 is one of the priorities Illinois environmental groups are pushing in the General Assembly this year. It applies improved energy efficient building codes to residential construction. It passed the Illinois House Thursday by a vote of 100 for and 18 against.

Now it moves on to the Senate. You can download a summary fact sheet here.

Unfortunately, our two Springfield area representatives, Brauer and Poe, voted against it. That places them among the 18 representatives in the Shimkus wing of the Republican party who are least committed to environmental protection.