Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
5.201 General — 2025 California Green Building Standards Code
California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
Cite as: 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) § 5.201 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
5.201.1 Scope. California Energy Code . For the purposes of mandatory energy efficiency standards in this code, the California Energy Commission will continue to adopt mandatory building standards.
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CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE
CHAPTER 5 – NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
DIVISION 5.3 – WATER EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION
(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user. See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)
| Adopting agency | BSC | BSC- CG |
SFM | HCD | DSA | OSHPD | BSCC | DPH | AGR | DWR | CEC | CA | SL | SLC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopting agency | BSC | BSC- CG |
SFM | 1 | 2 | 1/AC | AC | SS | 1 | 1R | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Adopt entire CA chapter | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adopt entire chapter as amended (amended sections listed below) |
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| Adopt only those sections that are listed below |
X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter/ |
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| 5.301.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.302.1 Definitions | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.303.3.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.303.3.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.303.3.3 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.303.3.4 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.303.6 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.304.6 and subsections | † | X |
The state agency does not adopt sections identified by the following symbol: †.
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