How to Choose the Best Energy Code Compliance Path for Your Project

Join us to learn how you can use the energy code to your advantage and avoid missed opportunities. We’ll walk you through the questions you need to select your project team members and facilitate discussion about what’s best for your project.
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A presentation about compliance paths through the energy code sounds terribly, awfully and incredibly boring. The energy code governs all residential projects: renovations, additions, new construction AND improvements in existing homes to address indoor health, comfort and high utility bills.

We’ve created a presentation to help you use the energy code to your advantage and avoid missed opportunities in all projects.

Missed opportunities happen when you’re working with people (designers and contractors) who focus on the minimum standards for building components like insulation. They may not know the energy code has flexibility built in – there are four different paths to meet the requirements of the energy code.

A focus on the minimum standards can cause you to miss significant opportunities for design creativity and building performance – both of which drive indoor health, comfort and efficiency. Homes built to minimum standards also fail to hold their value in the housing market.

We’ll walk you through the following questions to get you ready for a project of any scale: 

  1. What projects are covered by the scope of the residential provisions in the energy code?
  2. What are key terms in the energy code that will help you better understand the requirements of the code?
  3. How can homeowners easily locate the requirements for a project in the energy code?
  4. What are the differences between the prescriptive and performance paths?
  5. Has your jurisdiction adopted amendments to change the values of the prescriptive path in the energy code?
  6. What’s the difference in the performance paths – why and when would you use them?
  7. Are there testing or inspections required by the energy code?
  8. How to use Section 408 in the energy code to qualify team members and facilitate discussion about what’s best for your project?
  9. How does the energy code address existing buildings?
  10. Are there any appendices that could be used as a reference for your project?


We included the questions above to help you see the significant value and application this content has for projects of any scale.

We’ll make our presentation in simple terms and concepts you can use with your project team AND we invite your questions/comments as we go so we can be sure to address your concerns.

This course includes:

  • Join our live-virtual presentation for a walk through the course content during which we welcome your questions and comments.
  • Anytime access to the recording of our live presentation plus supporting materials for 60 days - learn or reference the material when it's convenient for you.


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Course Instructor

Advocate + Collaborator Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor is a registered architect. He’s also earned certifications in energy rating/performance verification, site design, disaster response, distance learning, etc. Ryan is active in community, legislative and building code issues. He’s been speaking/teaching since 2008 and is frequently invited to speak at community and industry events. His comments have been widely published.