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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's Uniform Building Commission wants to incorporate new energy standards into newly built homes.
The Deseret News reported the commission is expected to recommend changes to the Legislature.
Those changes include requiring 50 percent of lighting in homes to be high efficiency, increased wall and water pipe insulation and improvements in duct sealing.
The commission says the new standards would save a typical family about $175 a year on utility costs.
The recommendations to the Legislature could be made by Sept. 15.
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