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California’s Title 24 promises to reshape the construction industry

California’s Title 24 promises to reshape the construction industry

Net zero requirements expected to drive innovation, ensure demand for greener building features


By BD+C Staff | May 3, 2014
Image: Paul.H via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Paul.H via Wikimedia Commons

California’s recent revisions to Title 24 contain ambitious performance goals: all residential buildings must be Zero Net Energy by 2020 and commercial buildings must reach that standard by 2030. The code also applies to certain renovation projects. These changes are likely to reshape the construction industry in significant ways nationwide by:

1. Driving adoption of building energy codes.As the AEC industry works to meet California’s challenge, it will be able to translate its achievements to other regions.

2. Speeding the development of building monitoring and management technologies.Title 24 will stimulate the market for a wide variety of smart building technologies.

3. Accelerating use of on-site energy storage. Energy storage helps address the intermittency of solar and wind energy generation. It can also make the grid more resilient to outages.

4. Reducing the cost of high performance building.California’s code ensures that there will be steady demand for high performance designs and technologies. This should help to drive down costs for new, innovative products.

5. Creating competition for architects to boost performance.Net Zero Energy goals will put pressure on architects, engineers, and contractors to measure progress as they work toward achieving high efficiency results, and then to deliver on them.

(http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/15/californias-net-zero-energy-building-will-reshape-us-construction-industry/)

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