Complying with the Commercial Provisions of the Energy Conservation Code Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 5:00 pm
Development of the Energy Conservation Code’s Commercial Building Requirements
Commercial energy conservation code: what’s new
Compliance in other states
Regional requirements and how to meet them
• Comparisons with ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1
• Commercial vs residential: identifying projects to which it applies
• Reviewing the format and organization of the code
• Compliance paths
Building Envelope
Building science principles
Review the difference between the R and U factors
• Vapor barriers, air barriers and thermal boundaries
• Calculating insulation thickness/U factors
• Slab insulation
• Fenestration requirements
• Requirements for doors and entrances
Taking your envelope beyond code—steps for success and staying on budget
COMcheck Introduction
Review functionality on live screen
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems
Requirements for controls
Equipment types and applications
Ventilation standards and options
Understanding tables
Service Water Heating
Consideration including pipe insulation, pool covers and heat traps
Power and Lighting
Lighting controls
Power limitations using whole building or space-by-space method
Case Studies: Planning, Modeling and Verifying Compliance
Additional efficiency package options (AEPOs)
All about the performance path—acceptable software
Exploring energy models
Integrated project delivery
Building toward the next generation energy code
Examining required submittals/procedures
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Architects
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours (HSW)
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Energy)
Contractors
Non-Credit CE Opportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 (HSW) continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 continuing education hours to engineers in most states, including Virginia. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Virginia.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA.
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit outside Virginia will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The International Code Council has approved this program for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Energy.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, which has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Wendy Talarico LEED AP
Ms. Talarico is an ICC-certified energy/green code plan reviewer and consults with architects and engineers throughout the Northeast to provide continuing education on a range of subjects from codes to building science. She is an instructor for Urban Green/New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s “Conquering the Code”, an 8-hour energy code class in New York State. Ms. Talarico was a member of the engineering outreach team for the Brick Industry Association, and she is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for such publications as Architectural Record and This Old House. Her areas of expertise include building energy, sustainability issues, and codes, including the IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, IEBC, and the IgCC.