CALGreen Code Section 5.508.2: Supermarket refrigerant leak reduction.
New commercial refrigeration systems shall comply with the provisions of this section when installed in retail food stores 8,000 square feet or more conditioned area, and that utilize either refrigerated display cases, or walk-in coolers or freezers connected to remote compressor units or condensing units.
CALGreen Code Section 5.106.1: Stormwater pollution prevention for projects that disturb less than one acre of land.
The depletion of the ozone layer is caused mainly by the increase in emissions of compounds like CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform and methyl bromide. Emissions of greenhouse gases can affect the depletion of the ozone layer through atmospheric interaction.
Moisture control is very important for the proper functioning of the building. This helps to protect occupants from adverse health effects. Moisture causes problems for building owners, maintenance personnel and occupants. It is mainly caused due to poor design, construction and maintenance. These issues can be rectified by the techniques that are based on understanding of how water behaves in buildings.
Huge amount of material goes into constructing a building. Some of these materials can last a long time, sometime even longer the life of the building itself. At the end of a building’s life these materials can be salvaged and reconfigured to be used elsewhere.
California Green Building Code, CALGreen – Daylight
Daylight is essential for proper mental and physical health. Studies have shown that it boosts productivity in a work environment. Bringing daylight into habitable spaces reduces the need of providing artificial lights.
CALGreen – Bicycle parking – In order the reduce the cars on road and need of parking spaces, code has enforced the requirement of installing bicycle stands.
CALGreen – Construction waste constitutes a large percentage of the total waste produced by the state. For this reason, California is enforcing diversion of construction waste from the landfill. This can be done either by recycling or reusing the building material elsewhere.
CALGreen Code Section 5.506.2: Carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring.
Providing changing rooms for occupants or tenants of a building is an elective CALGreen measure. This is to encourage people to use bicycles more often
These steps are taken to lower the volatile organic compounds (VOC) in finish materials that are frequently used on a project, which will assist the
CALGreen – These regulation aims to promote the use of ultra-low emitting formaldehyde (ULEF) resins or no-added formaldehyde (NAF) based resins for items installed in a project.
CALGreen – These precautions are meant to lower occupant exposure to potentially dangerous fumes or chemicals in certain spaces or rooms, such as garages, cleaning or laundry rooms, and printing rooms. Additionally, it prevents dangerous effects from spreading to nearby locations.
CALGreen – These procedures are meant to lessen the number of pollutants that people’s shoes or wet clothing bring into a building at points of entrance. This maintains higher level air quality for building occupants by keeping the air and finish surfaces free of contaminants.
CALGreen – These are meant to give building occupants some degree of control over the lighting and thermal comfort in their workstations, including multi-occupant spaces. Although there is little evidence to back up assertions that workers who have control over lighting and thermal comfort are more productive or more likely to show up to work, the objective is to raise workplace satisfaction.
CALGreen – To limit the use of refrigerants that harm the ozone layer and cause the greenhouse effect. The EPA is phasing out the use of these refrigerants gradually, but voluntary adoption of these regulations can fasten the process and safeguard our planet.
CALGreen – The intent of this measure is to salvage over 65% of all non-hazardous, new construction or demolition waste. The purpose is to reduce the amount of construction waste from new construction and demolition. This would encourage material resource efficiency through reuse and recycling of construction waste products
CALGreen – The installation and features of elevators and escalators that conserve energy by providing systems and controls to reduce the energy demand. This will save large amount of energy consumptions.
CALGreen – The infrastructure needs to be ready to support future electrical demands raising by the EV charging capabilities. This is done by installing raceways for future electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) at the time of new building construction.
CALGreen – To promote the usage of recycled water which helps to reduce down the demand for the portable water requirement.
CALGreen also called as the Green Building Code is part of the California building code. It is Mandatory for every building in the state to meet this code. CALGreen covers topics like construction waste management, Flow rates of plumbing fixtures and sustainable building practices just to name a few.
World has seen an exponential growth in energy consumption in the last few decades. in spite of this growth large part of our energy still
Energy impacts associated with the hot water distribution systemvary widely based on the type of system, quality of insulation and installation, building andplumbing design, and hot water use patterns. For this reason, it is important to choose the right water heater and have a good distribution system design.
The intent of the solar-ready requirements is to provide a penetration-free and shade-free portion of the roof, called the solar zone. This solar zone helps ensure that future installation of a solar energy system is not precluded by the original design and layout of the building and associated equipment. There is no infrastructure related requirements, such as installation of conduit or piping, inclusion of collateral structural loads, or preinstalled mounting hardware.
The requirements for solar-ready buildings are mandatory measures for newly constructed single-family and low-rise multifamily residential buildings and do not apply to either additions or alterations.
The radiant barrier is a reflective material that reduces radiant heat transfer caused by solar
heat gain in the roof. Radiant barriers are installed below the roof deck in the attic and
reduce radiant heat to air distribution ducts and insulation located below the radiant barrier.
For residential buildings and spaces, all of the lighting requirements are mandatory
measures. There are no tradeoffs between lighting and other building features and lighting is
not part of any component package under the prescriptive method.
The residential lighting Energy Standards apply only to permanently installed luminaires,
including luminaires with easily interchangeable lamps, but do not apply to portable
luminaires such as table lamps or freestanding floor lamps
Insulation is one of the least expensive measures to improve building energy efficiency.
Insulation requires no maintenance, helps improve indoor comfort, and provides excellent
sound control. Adding extra insulation at a later time is much more expensive than
maximizing insulation levels at the beginning of construction.
Most heating and cooling equipment installed in new California homes is regulated by the National Appliance Efficiency Conservation Act (NAECA) and/or the California Appliance Efficiency
For all New Constructions and for almost all major Remodeling projects HERS site verification is required. Title 24 permit document describes When and what kind
Title 24 Glossary of Terms Acceptance Requirements Test procedures that include equipment and systems to be tested, functions to be tested, conditions under which the
These steps are taken to lower the volatile organic compounds (VOC) in finish materials that are frequently used on a project, which will assist the
CALGreen – These regulation aims to promote the use of ultra-low emitting formaldehyde (ULEF) resins or no-added formaldehyde (NAF) based resins for items installed in a project.
CALGreen – These precautions are meant to lower occupant exposure to potentially dangerous fumes or chemicals in certain spaces or rooms, such as garages, cleaning or laundry rooms, and printing rooms. Additionally, it prevents dangerous effects from spreading to nearby locations.
CALGreen – These procedures are meant to lessen the number of pollutants that people’s shoes or wet clothing bring into a building at points of entrance. This maintains higher level air quality for building occupants by keeping the air and finish surfaces free of contaminants.
CALGreen – These are meant to give building occupants some degree of control over the lighting and thermal comfort in their workstations, including multi-occupant spaces. Although there is little evidence to back up assertions that workers who have control over lighting and thermal comfort are more productive or more likely to show up to work, the objective is to raise workplace satisfaction.
CALGreen – To limit the use of refrigerants that harm the ozone layer and cause the greenhouse effect. The EPA is phasing out the use of these refrigerants gradually, but voluntary adoption of these regulations can fasten the process and safeguard our planet.
CALGreen – The intent of this measure is to salvage over 65% of all non-hazardous, new construction or demolition waste. The purpose is to reduce the amount of construction waste from new construction and demolition. This would encourage material resource efficiency through reuse and recycling of construction waste products
CALGreen – The installation and features of elevators and escalators that conserve energy by providing systems and controls to reduce the energy demand. This will save large amount of energy consumptions.
CALGreen – The infrastructure needs to be ready to support future electrical demands raising by the EV charging capabilities. This is done by installing raceways for future electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) at the time of new building construction.
CALGreen – To promote the usage of recycled water which helps to reduce down the demand for the portable water requirement.
