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What's a Stretch Code and Why We Should be Paying Attention

Presented by Tom Culp, NGA energy code consultant and Owner, Birch Point Consulting

May 18, 2023

This session will explore some of the recent activities in Massachusetts and New York, and the potential impact across the country. While the rapid expansion of building performance standards will positively accelerate retrofits of existing buildings at the local level, there are also new “stretch” codes popping up that deviate from national model codes without the same level of technical input or rigor. If done incorrectly, some could lead down a backwards path to a new era of buildings that are actually worse for occupant health and well-being.

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