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Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 25402.4

Energy Resources Conservation

Known as the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act

The act spans §§ 25000 to 25997.7 (502 sections).

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1419, Sec. 1.

The standards for nonresidential buildings prescribed by the commission pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 shall provide at least one option which uses passive or semipassive thermal systems, as defined in Section 25600, for meeting the prescribed energy use requirements. These systems may include, but are not limited to, the following construction techniques:

(a) Use of skylights or other daylighting techniques.

(b) Use of openable windows or other means of using outside air for space conditioning.

(c) Use of building orientation, to complement other passive or semipassive thermal systems.

(d) Use of thermal mass, of structural or nonstructural type, for storage of heat or cold, including, but not limited to, roof ponds and water walls.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.