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Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Where Are We Now?
Energy Code Compliance Approaches
Energy Modeling: From Concept to Code Compliance
Barriers and Opportunities
The Role of Architects in Supporting the Energy Code
Meeting Demands of the Profession
Future Endeavors
Appendix A: BCAP Survey of Design Professionals
Helpful Links
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Compliance Portal
Strategic Compliance Plan
In the second phase of the Compliance Planning Assistance project, BCAP worked with states to develop long-term Strategic Compliance Plans for advancing energy code implementation to meet the goal of 90 percent compliance by 2017. The participating states were selected from the pool of states that participated in the first phase of the project and completed a Gap Analysis Report. States were selected based on BCAP recommendations and input from stakeholders (including DOE, NASEO, and regiona...
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Gap Analysis Report
Recognizing that most states lack the expertise to develop and implement successful energy code policies and programs that will achieve 90 percent compliance by 2017, DOE/NETL funded BCAP to implement an 18-month project to provide Compliance Planning Assistance to a limited number of states. In the first phase of the project, the Gap Analysis, the BCAP team gathered extensive information on nearly twenty states and performed a comprehensive evaluation of each state’s energy codes prog...
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