Energy Code- Page 4 of 6
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The 2015 IECC Recognizes Home Energy Ratings
With a specific HERS Index for each climate zone, the new energy code provides home builders with an alternate compliance path
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ICC Approves Changes to Energy Code
The 2015 version of the International Energy Conservation Code will include a performance path to compliance based on the HERS Index
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All About Climate Zones
Do you know the two parameters behind hygrothermal regions and climate zones?
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The ICC 700 Green Standard’s Energy Requirements Ramp Up
The latest edition of the National Green Building Standard references the energy requirements of the 2009 IECC, whose next iteration is scheduled for 2015
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A Tough Energy Code Is the Worker’s Friend
Massachusetts towns that adopt the stretch code are helping to lower the cost of operating a home, thereby helping working-class families
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Why Don’t More HVAC Contractors Own Duct Leakage Testers?
With new energy code and green building program requirements on the horizon, we may be reaching a tipping point
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Choosing a Cost-Effective Wall System
Those pesky questions about air barriers and vapor barriers just won’t go away
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On the Path to More Green Building
What lessons can we learn from government involvement in our behavior?
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Efficiency Programs Struggle to Stay Ahead of Energy Codes
With the 2012 IECC starting to be adopted, will builders opt for code-built instead of Energy Star qualified?
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What’s the Difference Between the Energy Code and the DEA?
When we break the rules, we all suffer
