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New Buildings Institute Releases Model Stretch Building Code

placeholder+imagePosted on: 12/14/2017

New Buildings Institute (NBI) recently developed a new model stretch code that targets 20% better efficiency than the ASHRAE 90.1-2013 national model energy code. The new 20% Stretch Code offers jurisdictions a set of energy-saving building strategies that cover design aspects such as envelope, mechanical, water heating, lighting and plug loads.

With increasing pressure to deliver on energy and climate action goals, cities and states are turning to more stringent building energy codes as an effective strategy to increase building energy efficiency and accelerate progress on outcomes. By adopting forward-looking stretch building codes, jurisdictions can increase the rate at which advances in building energy performance are incorporated into the building stock to meet policy goals.

 
“Many cities and states across the United States are working to advance highly efficient, or even zero energy, buildings as a way to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions from the building sector over the next two decades,” said NBI CEO Ralph DiNola. Buildings in the United States account for 40% of carbon emissions and up to 75% in some cities.
 
 
 

 

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