by VCA-Admin001a | Mar 19, 2021 | Community
When engaged in cost assessment or early schematic design, building owners and design teams often struggle determining how evolving green building and energy codes will impact their projects. Additionally, agencies are applying above-code requirements such as...
by VCA-Admin001a | Aug 20, 2020 | Community
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state is now seeing a slowdown in construction projects and permits for new housing, thus state-wide projected solar photovoltaic generation has been slowed. Prior to recent lockdowns, an analysis conducted at Wood Mackenzie, a...
by VCA-Admin001a | Jul 2, 2020 | Community
Assessing costs for future projects in California with a three year code cycle change is causing deal makers to miss critical budget forecasts. For example, a lack of understanding of code standards could add $2 million or more in envelope or HVAC system design for a...
by VCA-Admin001a | Mar 12, 2020 | Community
California is the first state in the Union to include a solar mandate for new low-rise (three stories or less) residential construction under the 2019 California Energy Code. Luckily, developers will realize return-on-investment on the additional costs for providing...
by VCA-Admin001a | Mar 4, 2020 | Community
On February 20th and after several months of review, the California Energy Commission (CEC) approved Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) proposal to use offsite solar to satisfy the 2019 solar photovoltaic (PV) requirement on new single-family and low-rise...
