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Public Review Announced for CA Title 24 Drafts

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has now posted drafts that are available so that the public may preview the development of the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards’ 45-day language. The documents will be updated regularly. APSP continues to work on this issue through its advisory group.

The Title 24 work is part of a statewide effort to reduce California’s energy consumption. The CEC 2008 update to the Building Energy Efficiency Standards will include mandatory regulations on how a pool is to be built in California. The California standards are important because of their influence on the development of regulations in other states.

To view the drafts, go online to the California Energy Commission’s website and follow the instructions.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2008standards/documents/pre-45-day_language/index.html

Instructions
Follow the “List of Draft Standards Language Files” link. The following documents pertain to the proposed Residential Swimming Pool Standards for California Energy Building Standards (Title 24):

• Appendix1_A_rev3.pdf: This is a list of standards and documents referenced in the Energy Code. References have been added to ANSI/NSPI-5 and NSF 50.
• Subchapter2_110_115_rev14.pdf: See Section 114 for changes to the existing pool codes (page 16 in the current revision 13).
• Subchapter7_150_rev31.pdf : All the new proposed language may be found under Article (p) (starting on page 9, in purple).

For more information, email Carvin DiGiovanni (cdigiovanni@APSP.org) or the following CEC contacts:
Chris Gekas, 2008 Building Standards Contract Manager
cgekas@energy.state.ca.us

Mazi Shirakh, PE, 2008 Building Standards Project Manager
mshirakh@energy.state.ca.us