Simplified Prescriptive Options in the Texas Residential Building Energy Code Make Compliance Easy

dc.creator	Stone, G. A.
dc.creator	DeVito, E. M.
dc.creator	Nease, N. H.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-04-19T19:00:47Z
dc.date.available	2007-04-19T19:00:47Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.other	ESL-HH-02-05-16
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4564
dc.description.abstract	Texas recently adopted the 2000 International Residential Code (“IRC”) energy chapter and the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code (“IECC”) as its residential building energy code for new construction and existing homes. The range of code compliance options in the new Texas code spans from simplified prescriptive methods on one end to more complex performance (whole building) methods on the other. This paper addresses how energy code compliance is much simpler through the use of simplified, easy-to-follow prescriptive compliance options, particularly in a state like Texas, which historically has had no uniform building codes. This paper also provides samples of simplified prescriptive energy code compliance aids that could make it easier for energy code compliance in Texas.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
dc.publisher	Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
dc.title	Simplified Prescriptive Options in the Texas Residential Building Energy Code Make Compliance Easy	en