Standards Documents and Forms

2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

The 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards took effect January 1, 2020. Find compliance manuals, forms, software, and supporting content.

2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

The 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards took effect January 1, 2017. Find compliance manuals, forms, software, and supporting content.

2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

The 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards took effect January 1, 2023. Find compliance manuals, forms, software, and supporting content.

2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards

Learn about workshops for supporting documents for the 2025 Energy Code.

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Successes in Energy Efficiency

The state’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards have saved Californians billions of dollars in reduced electricity bills. They conserve nonrenewable resources, such as natural gas, and ensure renewable resources are extended as far as possible so power plants do not need to be built. Learn more in the Energy Almanac about how far we’ve come-and need to go-on the road toward a more resilient, affordable, equitable, and environmentally sustainable energy system.”