SECTION 140.0 – PERFORMANCE AND PRESCRIPTIVE COMPLIANCE APPROACHES

Nonresidential, high-rise residential and hotel/motel buildings shall meet all of the following:

The requirements of Sections 100.0 applicable to the building project (mandatory measures).

The requirements of Sections 120.0 (mandatory measures).

(a)  Either the performance compliance approach (energy budgets) in Section 140.1 or the prescriptive compliance approach in Section 140.2 for the Climate Zone in which the building will be located. Climate zones are shown in FIGURE 100.1-A.

NOTE: The Commission periodically updates, publishes, and makes available to interested persons and local enforcement agencies precise descriptions of the Climate Zones, which is available by zip code boundaries depicted in the Reference Joint Appendices along with a list of the communities in each zone.