Proposed Changes by Subject—National Building Code 2025

A hyperlinked number (e.g., Footnote 1) at the end of a proposed change link leads to a supporting document for that proposed change.

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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