Local Energy Codes

NEW! Cost-effectiveness Study

• 2025 Nonresidential Alterations and AC to HP Cost-effectiveness Study
• 2025 NR AC to HP Study Data

Staff and Implementation Resources (for local modification)

• NR AC to HP Model Ordinance Language
• NEW! NR AC to HP Model Staff Report
• NR AC to HP Model Presentation
• NEW! NR AC to HP Fact Sheet
• NEW! NR AC to HP Checklist
• State Agency Adoption Resources and Submission Guidance
  • LEC Addendum to 2025 CEC Submittal Instructions

• 2022 Adopted Ordinances
• Local Energy Codes Interactive Map
• GO-Biz (Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development) Zero Emission Vehicle Reach Codes Map
• Building Decarbonization Coalition Zero Emission Building Ordinances
• Sierra Club Ordinance Summary

Policy Adoption

• 2022 Cost-effectiveness reports
  • More cost-effectiveness reports coming soon! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when a study is released.
• Model Ordinance Language
  • Newly Constructed - One Hourly Source Energy Margin
  • Newly Constructed All-Electric, Efficiency, Renewables
  • Exceptions in All-Electric Ordinances
  • Review of Substantial Improvement Definitions
  • PCE/SVCE Model New Construction Language

• Implementation Resources
  • Local Ordinance Summary
  • New Construction Forms (Checklists, Exceptions, Others)
    • Single Family
    • Multifamily
    • Nonresidential
  • Reach Codes Internal Staff Training Module Template

Other Resources

• New! Summary of Single Margin Approach
• 2022 Single Family and CALGreen Fact Sheet
• Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Recordings
• EPA GHG Equivalencies Calculator (convert GHG emissions or energy savings into more familiar metrics)
• New HVAC System Efficiency Ratings (EER2/SEER2/HSPF2)
• Energy Code Ace What’s New 2022?
  • Single Family Buildings
  • Multifamily Buildings
  • Nonresidential Buildings

Policy Adoption

• FlexPath: Flexible Compliance Path Resources

• Cost-effectiveness Reports
  • Single Family Residential Retrofits
    • Executive Summary
    • SF Retrofits Study Data
  • Low-rise Multifamily Retrofits
  • 2022 Residential Retrofit Memo
  • Nonresidential Alterations
  • Heat Pump Pool Heating
• Model Ordinance Language
  • FlexPath: Single Family Retrofits (Flexible Compliance)
  • Residential Retrofits (Prescriptive Requirements)
  • Review of Substantial Improvement Definitions

Implementation Resources

• Local Ordinance Summary
• Checklists
  • Single Family
  • Multifamily
  • Nonresidential

Other Resources

• Home Energy Score (HES) Demonstration Project Report
• New HVAC System Efficiency Ratings (EER2/SEER2/HSPF2)
• ACEEE- By the Numbers: The Benefits and Administrative Costs of Local Building Efficiency Policies

Policy Adoption

Model Ordinance Language

• Electric Vehicles (Intervening Cycle CALGreen Tier 1 or Tier 2 levels)

Implementation Resources

• Zero Emission Vehicle Readiness Resources - Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Other Resources

• 2022 Intervening Code Cycle (effective 7/1/2024) -  Building Standards Commission
  • Final Express Terms
  • Overview - Changes to EV Requirements
  • Light Duty EV Requirements
  • Medium and Heavy Duty EV Requirements
• Automatic Load Management Systems (ALMS) Fact Sheets
  • Benefits of Managed Charging
  • Fundamentals of Managed Charging
• California Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP)

Previous Requirements

• 2022 CALGreen Electric Vehicle (EV) Requirements (effective through 6/30/2024)
  • Overview - CALGreen EV Requirements
  • Light Duty EV Requirements
  • Medium and Heavy Duty EV Requirements

• Policy Adoption
  • Model Ordinance Language
    • Marin County Low Carbon Concrete ordinance
• Implementation Resources
• Other Resources
  • Building Standards Commission: 2022 Intervening Code Cycle:  CALGreen Carbon Reduction Collaborative
  • Fact Sheet: Embodied Carbon and 2022 CALGreen

• League of Women Voters: Ten Actions a City Can Take to Reduce Its GHG Emissions and Recommended Processes
• 2030 Palette
• Getting to Zero
• Passive House California

• The Switch is On

Electrification Guidebooks

Worthen Foundation: The Building Decarbonization Practice Guide

EPRI: Consumers Guide to Modern Heat Pumps (for HVAC)

Redwood Energy

• Pocket Guide to All-Electric Commercial Retrofits
• Zero Emissions All Electric Single Family Construction
• Zero Emissions All Electric Multifamily Construction
• Zero Carbon Commercial Construction Guide
• Pocket Guide to Single Family Electric Retrofits

Kitchen Electrification

• Building Decarbonization Coalition: Kitchen Electrification Resource Directory
• Food Service Technology Center

Refrigerants

• Refrigerants and Climate Change Fact Sheet

Municipal Buildings

• BayREN’s Resource Guide for Reducing Energy Use and Carbon Emissions from Municipal Buildings

• California Consumer Solar Protection Guide, 2019
• Solar Access (CA Solar Rights Act)
• CA Solar Permitting Guidebook, 4th Edition, Winter, 2019, CA Office of Planning and Research
• SolarResilient - Solar PV and Battery Storage sizing tool
• SolarApp+
• CPUC Net Energy Metering (NEM) Proceeding

• California Energy Commission
  • 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards
  • 2025 Standards
  • Benchmarking
  • 2022 Title 24 Time Dependent Valuation (TDV) Resources
    • Final 2022 TDV Methodology Report, May 2020
    • Presentation - Title 24 2022 TDV Updates, March 26, 2020
    • Presentation - STAFF TDV & Metrics Summary and Recommendations, May 18, 2020
    • Presentation - 2022 Building Standards -Time Dependent Valuation (TDV) & Hourly Source Energy, August 24, 2021
• Building Standards Commission
  • 2022 CALGreen
  • 2024 Triennial Code Adoption Cycle
  • Guide for Local Amendments of Building Standards
  • California Code Adoption for Local Jurisdictions, (webinar and presentation slides)
  • Local Code Ordinances
• California Air Resources Board
  • CoolCalifornia
  • Funding Wizard
• California Department of Housing and Community Development
  • HCD, Building Standards Information
• Regional Energy Networks
  • BayREN
  • 3C-REN
  • I-REN
  • SoCalREN

• California Climate and Energy Collaborative (CCEC)
• ICLEI
  • ClearPath – energy and emissions management tool
• League of California Cities
• Institute for Local Government
• Building Decarbonization Coalition: Local Government Clean Building Compass
• BayREN: Home Energy Score

• The Switch is On Decarbonization Incentive Finder
• California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP)
• TECH Clean California
• Building Initiatives for Low Emissions Development (BUILD)
• Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)
• California Electric Homes Program (CalEHP)
• California Energy Smart Homes
• California Energy Design Assistance (CEDA) Program

• California Energy Commission

• Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC)

• Statewide Local Government Energy Efficiency Best Practices Coordinator

• Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN)
• Building Decarbonization Coalition

• Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN)

• Energy Code Ace
• Local Ordinance Map
• BayREN Municipal ZNE Resources
• 2019 CEQA Statute and Guidelines

• New Buildings Institute (NBI) Zero Energy Communications Toolkit
• Photovoltaic Systems
  • California Consumer Solar Protection Guide, 2019
  • Solar Access (CA Solar Rights Act)
  • CA Office of Planning and Research
    • CA Solar Permitting Guidebook, 4th Edition, Winter, 2019
  • SolarResilient - Solar PV and Battery Storage sizing tool

• Local Government Commission
• Building Decarbonization Coalition Compass
• Institute for Local Government (ILG)
• ICLEI USA
• League of CA Cities

Projects that fall within the scope of an adopted ordinance may be eligible to participate in one or more energy efficiency programs.  These programs provide incentives to customers to reduce incremental costs that may be incurred for equipment or measures installed to “reach” beyond the minimum state requirements.

Residential Programs – Existing Homes

• PG&E

• SCE

• SDG&E

Residential New Construction

• PG&E

• SCE

• SDG&E

Nonresidential Programs – Existing Buildings

• PG&E

• SCE

• SDG&E

Nonresidential New Construction

• Savings By Design

California Building Standards Commission (CBSC)

• CALGreen
• CBSC Publications
  • Guide for Local Amendments of Building Standards
  • California Code Adoption for Local Jurisdictions, (webinar and presentation slides)
  • Local Code Ordinances

California Energy Commission (CEC)

• CEC Local Ordinances Page
• CEC Resolution Adopting Negative Declaration and Proposed Regulations

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

• Funding Wizard

• CoolCalifornia

California Department of Housing and Community Development

• HCD, Building Standards Information