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This article is based on Additions questions asked during the August 18, 2005 COMcheck Web-based training session as well as questions received through email.
Single-Family Residential Existing Construction Stock Assessment (2.63 MB)
This document is the final report for the Single-Family Residential Existing Construction Stock Assessment. The report characterizes single-family residential existing construction using a sample of b...
The addition (the newly conditioned floor space) complies with the code if it complies with all of the applicable code requirements.
The prescriptive envelope component criteria of the IECC is an alternative compliance path for sunrooms and additions to existing residential buildings and structures.
This article is based on questions regarding Sunrooms and Additions asked during the May REScheck Webcast as well as questions received through email.
Although not specifically defined in the code, building codes typically define an addition as any increase in a building's habitable floor area, which can be interpreted as any increase in the conditi...
Buildings with very low energy use (peak design rate of energy usage less than 3.4 Btu/h per square foot) and buildings that are neither heated nor cooled are exempt from the energy code.
Building America is a private/public partnership that develops energy solutions for new and existing homes.