Proposed Changes by Subject—National Building Code 2025
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List of Supporting Documents
National Building Code 2025 (Proposed changes to 40 provisions)
Accessibility
(Proposed changes to 6 provisions)
Div.B 3.3.1.19. Tactile Attention Indicators
Div.B 3.8.2.3. Areas Requiring a Barrier-Free Path of Travel
Div.B 3.8.2.10. Signs and Indicators
Div.B 3.8.3.1. Design Standards
Div.B 3.8.3.3. Exterior Walks
Div.B 3.8.3.9. Accessible Signs
Building Fire Safety
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 3.6.4.3. Plenum Requirements
Conformity Assessment
(Proposed changes to 2 provisions)
Div.A 1.2.1.1. Compliance with this Code
Div.C 2.2.2.1. General Information Required
Defined Terms
(Proposed changes to 2 provisions)
Div.A 1.4.1.2. Defined Terms
Div.B 9.36.15.3. Definitions
Energy Efficiency for Houses
(Proposed changes to 6 provisions)
Div.B 9.36.1.3. Compliance
Div.B 9.36.6.15. Modeling HVAC System of Reference House
Div.B 9.36.6.16. Modeling Service Water Heating System of Reference House
Div.B 9.36.7.2. Compliance
Div.B 9.36.7.3. Energy Performance Improvement Compliance Calculations
Div.B 9.36.12. Reserved
Environmental Separation
(Proposed changes to 6 provisions)
Div.B 5.9.1.1. Compliance with Applicable Standards
Div.B 9.25.2.2. Insulation Materials
Div.B 9.25.2.5. Installation of Spray-Applied Polyurethane
Div.B 9.29.5.2. Materials
Div.B 9.36.2.4. Calculation of Effective Thermal Resistance of Assemblies
Fire Alarm and Detection Systems
(Proposed changes to 3 provisions)
Div.B 6.3.1.3. Ventilation of Storage Garages
Div.B 6.9.3. Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Div.B 9.32.3.9. Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Proposed changes to 6 provisions)
Div.B 9.36.1.1. Scope
Div.B 9.36.1.3. Compliance
Div.B 9.36.1.4. Application
Div.B 9.36.15. Tiered Operational GHG Emissions Compliance: Performance Path
Div.B 9.36.16. Tiered Operational GHG Emissions Compliance: Prescriptive Path
Div.B 9.37. Objectives and Functional Statements
Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Systems
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 9.32.3.10. Fans
Performance Compliance
(Proposed changes to 3 provisions)
Div.B 9.36.2.4. Calculation of Effective Thermal Resistance of Assemblies
Div.B 9.36.6. Energy Performance Compliance
Div.B 9.36.7.3. Energy Performance Improvement Compliance Calculations
Piping and Duct Insulation
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 9.32.3.11. Ducts
Radon and Soil Gas Mitigation
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 9.13.4. Soil Gas Control
Referenced Documents
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 1.3.1.2. Applicable Editions
Structural Design (Part 9)
(Proposed changes to 1 provision)
Div.B 9.23.13. Bracing to Resist Lateral Loads Due to Wind and Earthquake
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