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General Requirements

The 2000 IECC has several requirements that must be met regardless of which compliance method is used. The REScheck compliance approaches assume that all applicable general requirements have been met. The REScheck software includes these requirements in the Inspection Checklist. Download Acrobat Reader

If you encounter terms you are not familiar with see our Building Energy Codes Glossary. The general requirements are separated into four sections for purposes of this training:

  1. Building Envelope
  2. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
  3. Service Water Heating
  4. Electrical Power

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