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The Building Energy Codes Program will have reduced staffing July 4 – July 8, 2024 for the Independence Day holiday weekend.  Response times may be delayed.  Please expect to receive responses after July 8, 2024.

Does my building need to comply with the energy code if it will not be cooled or heated?

Answer

In the 2015 IECC, Section C402.1.1 Low-energy buildings – low energy buildings or portions separated from the remainder of the building by a building thermal envelope complying with the code, can be exempt from the building thermal envelope provisions of Section C402 if:

  1. Has a peak design rate of energy usage less than 3.4 Btu/h * ft2 or 1.0 watt/ft2 of floor area for space conditioning purposes
  2. Those that do not contain conditioned space
  3. Greenhouses