Chapter 7 — ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 1
708 Energy Conservation — 2025 California Existing Building Code
California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Existing Building Code (Title 24, Part 10) § 708 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
708.1 Minimum requirements.¶
Level 1 alterations to existing buildings or structures shall comply with applicable provisions of the California Energy Code (Part 6, Title 24, C.C.R).
CHAPTER 8 – ALTERATIONS—LEVEL 2
(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user. See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)
| Adopting Agency | BSC | BSC-CG | SFM | HCD 1 | HCD 2 | HCD 1/AC | DSA AC | DSA SS | DSA SS/CC | OSHPD 1 | OSHPD 1R | OSHPD 2 | OSHPD 3 | OSHPD 4 | OSHPD 5 | OSHPD 6 | BSCC | DPH | AGR | DWR | CEC | CA | SL | SLC |
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| Adopt Entire Chapter | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adopt Entire Chapter as amended (amended sections listed below) | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adopt only those sections that are listed below | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter / Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 802.2.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 802.2.1 Exceptions 4 – 9 and 13-14 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 802.3 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803.2.3 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803.3 Reserved | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803.4 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803.4.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.3 Reserved | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.5 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.5.1.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.5.1.2.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.5.3 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.6.3 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.6.4 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.6.4.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.7.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.7.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.8 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.12 | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.13 | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.13. 1 | X | † | † | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 804.14.2 Exceptions | † | † | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 806.2 | X | † | † | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 806.3 | X | † | † | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 808 Reserved | X |
The state agency does not adopt sections identified with the following symbol: The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s adoption of this chapter or individual sections is applicable to structures regulated by other state agencies pursuant to Section 1.11.
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