--- title: Home Energy Saving Tips/FPU Blog | New Construction description: New Construction | Energy saving tips to reduce your energy bill and have a better, more energy efficient home or business. Visit FPUC.com for more easy ways to save energy from our FPU Energy Experts. --- [![Florida Public Utilites](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/file-1241850734-jpg/images/corpNav_FPUIcon.jpg "Florida Public Utilites")](http://www.fpuc.com/) - [Natural Gas](http://www.fpuc.com/naturalgas) - [Electricity](http://www.fpuc.com/electric) - [Propane](http://www.fpuc.com/propane) - [About FPU](http://www.fpuc.com/about/) - [News & Events](http://www.fpuc.com/news-events/) - [Pay / Manage Account](http://www.fpuc.com/payments/payment-methods-info/) - [Contact Us](http://www.fpuc.com/customer-service/contact-us/) [![chpk_bird.png](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/chpk_bird.png?width=26&height=21&name=chpk_bird.png "Florida Public Utilites")](http://www.fpuc.com/) [![FPU Blog](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Header-1.png?width=950&name=Blog_Header-1.png "FPU Blog")](https://blog.fpuc.com) # FPU Blog ## [Natural Gas Impacts on New Construction With Florida V. 6 Building Code](https://blog.fpuc.com/natural-gas-impacts-on-new-construction) Posted by [Scott Ranck](https://blog.fpuc.com/author/scott-ranck) on Dec 28, 2017 2:55:10 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.fpuc.com/hubfs/New_Construction_Home.jpg)](https://blog.fpuc.com/natural-gas-impacts-on-new-construction) The new Florida Building Code, V. 6 goes into effect for all homes permitted after December 31, 2017. We ran some simulations to see the impact natural gas could have on helping a builder meet the Florida Energy Code Compliance, as well as the impacts on the HERS (Home Energy Rating System) score. The HERS score is a national standard builders use to market their energy efficient homes. Here is the impact bringing natural gas to your home or development can do. Here are the top three findings to this research. [Read More](https://blog.fpuc.com/natural-gas-impacts-on-new-construction) 3 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.fpuc.com/natural-gas-impacts-on-new-construction#comments-listing) Topics: [Energy Conservation](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/energy-conservation), [Natural Gas](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/natural-gas), [natural gas appliances](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/natural-gas-appliances), [florida](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/florida), [New Construction](https://blog.fpuc.com/topic/new-construction) [All posts](https://blog.fpuc.com/all) ### Comment on This Post Submit your comment – plus, see what other people are saying. ![FPU Energy Conservation Newsletter](https://blog.fpuc.com/hubfs/Banner-EnergyConservation.png) #### Don't Miss Any Updates From FPU Sign up now for the latest energy conservation articles ### Recent Posts ### Connect with FPU on: Subsidiary of [![chpkLogoSm-1.png](https://blog.fpuc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/chpkLogoSm-1.png?width=157&height=29&name=chpkLogoSm-1.png "chpkLogoSm-1.png")](http://www.fpuc.com/)