Resources

NJ Resources

• NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Codes and Regulations
• NJ Gov Murphy Executive Order 28 Announcement
• NJ Energy Code Compliance Study
• NJ Clean Energy Program

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) Resources

• • Building Energy Codes and Appliance Standards
  • State Energy Code and Stretch Energy Code Tracker

Other Building Energy Code, Energy Efficiency, & Decarbonization Resources

• Electrification and Energy Codes
• Advancing Virtual Power Plants Through Energy Codes
• Carbon Footprint of Buildings: Reducing Embodied Carbon
• Operational Carbon in Building Energy Codes
• Guide to Passive House
• Federal and State Appliance Efficiency Standards
• International Green Construction Code (IgCC)

Building Energy Code related blogs

• Hidden in Plain Sight: The Impact of Energy Codes on Building Decarbonization
• Systemic Barriers to Building Energy Code Adoption

Massachusetts Building Energy Code

Massachusetts Codes Resources by the MA Net Zero Buildings Coalition:

• • Massachusetts Codes – Updated Stretch Code and Municipal Opt-In Stretch Code for Residential Low Rise
  • Massachusetts Codes – Updated Stretch Code and Municipal Opt-In Stretch Code for Commercial Buildings
  • The Massachusetts Voters Guide to the Municipal Opt-In Specialized Code by the MA Net Zero Buildings Coalition

External Resources:

• Energy Efficiency and EE as a Resource
  • Energy Efficiency 101
  • Energy Efficiency 101: The Defining Moments of EE
• Decarbonizing Buildings
  • ASHRAE Building Decarbonization 101
• Proposed Changes |  Omitted Sections from Chapter 5