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Energy Code Enforcement for Renovations, Alterations, and Additions
Best practices for improving energy code compliance in renovations, alterations, and additions to existing buildings.
Using Technology to Improve Code Enforcement
Technology can be used to streamline the plan review and inspection process and improve code enforcement. See our fact sheet for strategies, challenges, and success stories.
Measuring Code Compliance
In order to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, states had to guarantee that buildings would achieve 90 percent compliance with target energy codes by 2017. Subsequently, states have started to develop plans on how to measure and track code compliance. See the fact sheet for an outline of best practices for conducting a … Continued
Bolstering State Support of Local Code Enforcement
State and even county governments can create structures for code enforcement, or increase support at the local level, by implementing some best practices. See the fact sheet for more.
Streamlining Compliance Processes
Streamlining is the practice of improving building regulatory processes to remove overlap and create more efficient administrative procedures. It can make building departments more effective at enforcing building energy codes, while improving customer service and resulting in financial and energy savings. See the fact sheet to learn more.
Design Professional Accountability Fact Sheet
The model in this fact sheet recognizes that jurisdictions have limited resources and that design professionals are the most appropriate individuals for ensuring their projects are built in compliance with their designs and applicable building codes. Find out more by clicking on the PDF link.