This compliance manual supplements several other documents from the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission):
A. The 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, Title 24, Part 6 (Energy Standards) - This manual supplements and explains the Energy Standards, the legal requirements for all covered buildings. This manual explains those requirements in simpler terms, but does not replace or supersede them. Readers should have a copy of the Energy Standards as a reference.
B. The 2019 Reference Appendices:
•Reference Joint Appendices contain information common to residential and nonresidential buildings.
•Reference Residential Appendices contain information for residential buildings only.
•Reference Nonresidential Appendices contain information for nonresidential buildings only.
•The 2019 Alternative Calculation Method (ACM) Approval and Nonresidential ACM Reference Manuals are specifications for compliance software.
Note: High-rise residential and hotel/motel occupancies – For these occupancies’ location and design data, opaque assembly properties are located in the Reference Joint Appendices. Mechanical and lighting information is in the Reference Nonresidential Appendices. Residential water heating information is in the Reference Residential Appendices.
Material from these documents is not always repeated in this manual. If you are using the electronic version of the manual, there may be hyperlinks to the reference document.