Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCIES—
Section 140.1 — PERFORMANCE APPROACH: ENERGY BUDGETS
2025 California Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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A building complies with the performance standards if the energy consumption calculated for the proposed design building is no greater than the energy budget calculated for the standard design building using Commission-certified compliance software as specified by Sections 10-109(c) and 10-116. (a) Energy budget. The energy budget is expressed in terms of long-term system cost (LSC) and source energy. 1. Long-term system cost (LSC). The LSC energy budget is determined by applying the mandatory and prescriptive requirements of the standard design to the proposed design building and has two…