Codes & Standards

Codes & Standards

At NORESCO, our sustainability and climate action planning services help organizations cut emissions, boost resilience, and meet regulatory goals. We deliver clear, actionable strategies that turn vision into measurable impact.

Comprehensive Codes and Standards Development Solutions

Our suite of services for codes and standards development includes:

Lifecycle cost-effectiveness analysis
Energy modeling protocols that generate accurate, repeatable results
Building energy-efficiency asset rating protocols
Demand reduction efficiency measures incentives that use time-dependent valuation (TDV)
Standards document production with collaborative drafting
Stakeholder outreach and collaboration
Federal preemption issue management for state and municipal code development
Green building codes implementation, such as LEED® standards and CALGreen

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Turning high efficiency into standard practice

Looking to revolutionize energy consumption and make efficiency a community standard? NORESCO’s policy and engineering experts do just that by writing innovative building energy-efficiency standards that meet specific goals.

Innovative Standards Development for Efficiency and Sustainability

Our comprehensive standards development process includes market research, energy modeling, and stakeholder outreach. We collaborate with policy-setting authorities at all levels from municipalities to international organizations. 

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Our in-house codes and standards team supports code implementation issues, ensuring adopted standards translate into real-world benefits. We provide the building community with critical tools such as user manuals and custom modeling procedures to help achieve net zero energy goals through code generation, education, implementation, and enforcement.

Industry Standards 

NORESCO has contributed to developing leading industry standards and manuals such as:

California’s Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

ASHRAE 90.1 User’s Manual

COMNET Commercial Building Energy Modeling Guidelines and Procedures (MGP)

Zero Energy Performance Index (zEPI)