Speaker:
Aaron Frantz, PE, Associate, Peter Basso Associates
Description:
Building codes set minimum standards for residential and commercial building construction and help to ensure the
health, safety and welfare of building occupants and communities. More specifically, building energy codes set minimum energy efficiency requirements for new construction, additions and certain renovations. In short, energy codes outline the least energy-efficient building that can be built according to law. These codes address insulation, windows, air sealing, HVAC equipment, lighting controls and other factors that work together to help improve occupant health, increase occupant comfort, reduce emissions and ensure building resilience. Energy codes are also the only building codes that pay customers back overtime by lowering the energy use and associated costs of the buildings they occupy.
The new Michigan Commercial Energy Code takes effect on April 22 nd . This session will enable you to understand where the Commercial energy codes come from, how they work, what changes have occurred since the last update in 2015, and how to navigate the path between prescriptive and modeled compliance paths.
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