Energy Code Compliance

If your internal or external architectural group is short on resources to meet your scheduling deadlines, EAM can provide direct professional support preparing the needed documents to demonstrate that your units meet your local municipal permit requirements in a timely manner.

With the nationwide emphasis on enforcement and strengthening of energy codes to increase the  energy and operating cost savings in new construction and renovations, EAM provides value based code compliance calculations and reports. New buildings can be designed to be both more comfortable and more efficient, cutting heating and cooling costs by as much as 50%.

The most cost-effective time to improve the envelope, equipment, and lighting efficiency of new buildings is at the design stage. With existing buildings, the time is when those elements must be replaced or upgraded for new owners or tenants, or due to normal wear and tear – to attain that Perfect Balance.

Based on the unit type, residential or commercial, EAM’s Technical Services team will conduct:

• A REScheck® calculation and report is prepared by the use of a computer program to determine the overall energy efficiency of the home. It uses calculations based on the different components that effect the energy efficiency of a particular home. They include walls, ceiling, floors and slabs as well as windows, doors and skylights. The program also considers the area or climate that the home is going to be built. EAM can provide you with a REScheck to assist in determining energy code compliance for one & two family residential buildings and multi-family residential buildings 3 stories or less.
• A COMcheck – Plus™ calculation and report to demonstrate compliance with your local municipal building energy code using whole-building performance methods. EAM's Technical Services Group works within jurisdictions with energy codes based on ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-1989, such as the ASHRAE 90.1 Code, the 1998 and 2000 International Energy Conservation Codes, and many state developed energy codes.

Building Code Officials who receive compliance reports and calculations prepared by EAM confidently view these submissions as "deemed to comply" with the jurisdictional energy code meeting your needs in achieving a Perfect Balance with your permit compliance package.