601 General — 2025 California Green Building Standards Code

601.1¶

This chapter lists the organizations and standards that are referenced in various sections of this document. The standards are listed according the promulgating agency of the standard.

STANDARD ACRONYM or NUMBER	STANDARD NAME or TITLE	REFERENCED SECTION
~~AABC ~~Associated Air Balance Council, 1518 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005www.aabc.com
National Standards, 1989	Total System Balance	5.410.4.3.1, A5.410.5.3.1
~~ACCA~~ Air Conditioning Contractors of America, 2800 Shirlington Road, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22206 www.acca.org
ANSI/ACCA 1 Manual D–2016	Residential Duct Systems	4.507.2
ANSI/ACCA 2 Manual J–2016	Residential Load Calculations	4.507.2
ANSI/ACCA 3 Manual S–2014	Residential Equipment Selection	4.507.2
ACI American Concrete Institute, 38800 Country Club Drive, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3439 www.concrete.org
ACI CT-21	Concrete Terminology	A5.405.5.2.1.1
~~AHAM ~~Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, 1119 19th Street NW, Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20026-3627 http://www.aham.org
ANSI/AHAM DW-1-2010	Household Electric Dishwashers	202
ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. 180 Technology Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 www.ashrae.org
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 52.2- 2017	Method of Testing General Ventilation Air-Cleaning Devices for Removal Efficiency by Particle Size	5.504.1
~~ASME~~ American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990 www.asme.org
ASME A112.18.1	Plumbing Supply Fittings	5.303.6
ASME A112.19.2	Ceramic Plumbing Fixtures	WS-2
ASME A112.19.14	Six-Liter Water Closets Equipped with a Dual Flushing Device	WS-2, 5.303.6
~~ASTM ~~ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2859 www.astm.org
ASTM C31/C31M-19	Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field	A5.405.5.3.4
ASTM C33	Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates	A5.405.5.3.2
ASTM C150	Standard Specification for Portland Cement	A5.405.5.1
ASTM C595	Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements	A5.405.5.1
ASTM C618	Standard Specification for Coal Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete	A5.405.5.2.1
ASTM C989	Standard Specification for Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars	A5.405.5.2.1
ASTM C1157	Standard Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement	A5.405.5.1
ASTM C1240	Standard Specification for Silica Fume Used in Cementitious Mixtures	A5.405.5.2.1
ASTM C1371-98	Standard Test Method for Determination of Emittance of Materials Near Room Temperature Using Portable Emissometers	A5.106.11.2.2
ASTM C1549-09(2014)	Standard Test Method for Determination of Solar Reflectance Near Ambient Temperature Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer	A4.106.7, A5.106.11.1
ASTM C1602	Standard Specification for Mixing Water Used in the Production of Hydraulic Cement Concrete	A5.405.5.3.2.3
ASTM C1697	Standard Specification for Blended Supplementary Cementitious Materials	A5.405.5.2.1
ASTM C1798/C1798M-19	Standard Specification for Returned Fresh Concrete for Use in a New Batch of Ready-Mixed Concrete	A5.405.5.3.5
ASTM C1866/C1866M-20	Standard Specification for Ground-Glass Pozzolan for Use in Concrete	A5.405.5.2.1

REFERENCED ORGANIZATIONS AND STANDARDS

STANDARD ACRONYM or NUMBER	STANDARD NAME or TITLE	REFERENCED SECTION
~~ASTM~~ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2859 www.astm.org
ASTM D7612-2021	Standard Practice for Categorizing Wood and Wood-Based Products According to Their Fiber Sources	A5.405.2.1
ASTM E90	Standard Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Sound Transmission Loss of Building Partitions and Elements	5.507.4
ASTM E408-02	Standard Test Methods for Total Normal Emittance of Surfaces Using Inspection- Meter Techniques	A5.10, 6.11.2.2
ASTM E413	Classification for Rating Sound Insulation	5.507.4
ASTM E1332	Standard Classification for Rating Outdoor-Indoor Sound Attenuation	5.507.4
ASTM E1333-14	Standard Test Method for Determining Formaldehyde Concentrations in Air and Emission Rates from Wood Products Using a Large Chamber	Tables 4.504.5, 5.504.4.5, 5.504.8.5
ASTM E1903-11	Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Process	A5.103.2.1
ASTM E1918-06(2015)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Horizontal and Low- Sloped Surfaces in the Field	A4.106.7
ASTM E1918-16 (2016)	Standard Test Method for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Horizontal and Low- Sloped Surfaces in the Field	A5.106.11.1
ASTM E1980-11	Standard Practice for Calculating Solar Reflectance Index of Horizontal and Low- Sloped Opaque Surfaces	A4.106.5.3, A5.106.11.2.3
ASTM E2921-2022	Standard Practice for Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments for Use with Building Codes, Standards, and Rating Systems	5.409.2, A5.409.2
~~CSA~~ Canadian Standards Association, 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 5N6 www.csa.ca
CSA B125.1	Plumbing supply fittings	4.504.5.1
CSA O121	Douglas fir plywood	4.504.5.1
CSA O151	Canadian softwood plywood	4.504.5.1
CSA O153	Poplar plywood	4.504.5.1
CSA O325	Construction sheathing	4.504.5.1
~~EN~~European Standards, European and International standards online store - European Standards www.en-standard.eu
EN 15804-2012 + A2:2019	Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Core rules for the product category of construction products	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
EN 15978:2011	Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
~~IAPMO~~ International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, 4755 E. Philadelphia St. Ontario, CA 91761 iapmo@iapmo.org
IAPMO Z124.9	Plastic Plumbing Fixtures	5.303.6
~~IESNA~~ Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 170 Wall St., Floor 17, New York, NY 10005-4001 http://www.ies.org
IES TM-15-11	Luminaire Classification System for Outdoor Luminaires	5.10, 6.6, A4.106.10
~~ISO~~ International Organization for Standardization, ISO Central Secretariat Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401 - 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland https://www.iso.org
ISO 14040-2006+A1:2020	Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
ISO 14044-2006+A1:2020	Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
ISO 21930-2017	Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works — Core rules for environmental product declarations of construction products and services	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
ISO 21931-2017	Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works — Framework for methods of assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance of construction works as a basis for sustainability assessment	5.409.2, A5.409.2.1, A5.409.2.2
~~NEBB ~~National Environmental Balancing Bureau, 8575 Grovemont Cir, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 http://nebb.org/index.php
Procedural Standards, 1983	Procedural Standards	5.410.4.3.1

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REFERENCED ORGANIZATIONS AND STANDARDS

STANDARD ACRONYM or NUMBER	STANDARD NAME or TITLE	REFERENCED SECTION
~~NSF~~ International, 789 Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0140 http://www.nsf.org/
NSF/ANSI 140-2014	Sustainability Assessment for Carpet	4.504.3
~~TABB~~ Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau, 601 N Fairfax St, Ste 250, Alexandria, VA 22314 http://www.tabbcertified.org/contact.html
National Standards, 2003	National Standards	5.410.4.3.1
~~US EPA~~ United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management (4204M) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20460 http://www.epa.gov/watersense/
WaterSense	WaterSense Product Specifications	4.303.1

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CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE

CHAPTER 7 – INSTALLER AND SPECIAL INSPECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

(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)
Adopt only those sections that are listed below		X
Chapter/Section
702.2		X
703.1		X

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