California’s statewide building code, known as Title 24, includes the California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24), commonly referred to as CALGreen. The CALGreen code was originally a voluntary set of provisions that local jurisdictions could choose to adopt. In January 2011, chapters four (residential) and five (nonresidential) became mandatory for the entire state. The CALGreen code also includes appendices of voluntary measures that local jurisdictions may adopt for enhanced CALGreen “Tier I” or “Tier II” compliance, which includes complying with electric vehicle charging requirements.
Founded in 1995, Energy Solutions is a professional and engineering services firm whose mission is to create large-scale environmental impacts by providing market-based, cost-effective energy, carbon, and water management solutions to our utility, government and commercial customers.
Energy Solutions is funded by the Monterey Bay Air Resources District (via the California Energy Commission) to provide no-cost assistance to local jurisdictions in adopting electric vehicle building codes. This includes technical knowledge, cost-effectiveness reports, outreach, and education.
Energy Solutions will provide a presentation to the Technical Advisory Committee covering the following topics:
- Why electric vehicle infrastructure building codes are important, especially with electric vehicle sales reaching 10% of all California vehicle sales in the third quarter of 2018;
- How local government can adopt electric vehicle infrastructure building codes; and
- Which local governments have successfully adopted local electric vehicle-supportive building codes.