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GEO Comments on GHP-curbing Title 24

GEO Seeks Blanket Approval of GHPs in Current, Future Versions of the Code

May 11, 2015

GEO provided comments to a CEC Workshop Docket, addressing problems with the Title 24 energy code for building permits that limits the use of geothermal heat pumps in the state.

Calif. School District Granted $4.1 Million for Prop 39 Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Schneider Electric to Deliver More Than 1 Million kWh Annually in Energy Savings across 18 Campus Sites

May 4, 2015

Schneider Electric announced that the California Energy Commission has approved a Proposition 39 Energy Expenditure Plan with the San Marcos Unified School District to implement energy efficiency upgrades.

April 1, 2015: CEC Awards Bosch-Led Team $2.8 Million to Demonstrate DC Microgrid

Bosch DC Microgrid Said to Enable a Simpler Way to Achieve Net Zero Energy

April 1, 2015

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has announced a proposed award to Robert Bosch LLC for $2,817,566 to demonstrate a high-penetration, renewable-based microgrid. With this award, Bosch will demonstrate the effectiveness of its Direct-Current Building-Scale Microgrid Platform (Bosch DC microgrid).

California Implements Bypass Duct Regulation

Statewide Code Change Regulates Residential Bypass Damper Usage

Nick Kostora

December 22, 2014

The code change is part of the state’s Title 24 regulations implemented July 1, 2014, and while the rule is not a complete ban on the use of bypass ducts, it greatly limits their usage in newly constructed residential buildings.

Dec. 13, 2013: California’s Title 24 Implementation Delayed

California Energy Commission Allows Additional Six Months for Compliance

December 13, 2013

At its Dec. 11 meeting, the California Energy Commission (CEC) voted to push back the effective date for the 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, also known as Title 24, from Jan. 1, 2014, to July 1, 2014.