Article #1501 - COMcheck Web-Based Training Questions - Additions

This article contains questions asked during the August 18, 2005 live broadcast of the COMcheck Web-Based Training session. The original language of the questions and answers has been modified to make them as generic as possible while retaining the applicable specific information.

When designing for additions to existing buildings, the report comes out as non-compliant. Can I document compliance by showing that the existing level of failure is less than before?

No. Simply showing less failure is not an acceptable form of compliance to energy codes for additions.