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Council trims predictive energy-modeling requirement; requires estimated EUI on construction documents
Summary
After a long debate about modeling burden and enforcement, the Building Code Council removed a broad predictive energy-modeling mandate and instead required that projects include an estimated energy-use-intensity (EUI) or equivalent performance target on construction documents for buildings subject to the clean buildings performance standard.
The Building Code Council voted on March 21 to remove a mandatory, project-level predictive energy-modeling requirement and replace it with a requirement that building permit submissions include an estimated annual energy-use intensity (EUI) or the jurisdiction’s analogous BPS target on construction documents.
Proponents argued the change protects owners and design teams from the cost and timing impacts of large, late-stage predictive models while still improving designer and owner…
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